The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional medical opinions regarding his service-connected conditions and exposure to environmental hazards in Southwest Asia. The issues of service connection for generalized joint pain and sleep apnea are being addressed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for migraine headaches prior to August 9, 2018 or from August 9, 2018 onwards. Service connection claims for generalized joint pain and sleep apnea were remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, generalized joint pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159307
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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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