The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder, corneal scar of the right eye, and migraine headaches are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the final April 2014 denial is cumulative or redundant of the evidence of record at that time and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran’s claims. The Board also found that a VA examination is necessary in order to determine whether the Veteran's current corneal scar of the right eye is related to his documented in-service injury, and for a determination regarding the nature and etiology of his claimed migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, corneal scar of the right eye, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126556
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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