The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depressive disorder) due to incomplete development, including a lack of an addendum medical opinion addressing the Veteran's contentions. The AOJ is also instructed to review any new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient information in the record regarding the relationship between the Veteran's migraine headaches and her service-connected conditions, necessitating further development with a new addendum medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19148097
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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