The Veteran's claims for service connection for Raynaud's disease and cluster headaches (claimed as migraines) have been reopened. The Board has ordered a remand to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions, including whether they are related to his service-connected ischemic heart disease or herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The examination is needed to provide opinions on the relationship between the Veteran's Raynaud's disease and cluster headaches and any service-connected disability, particularly ischemic heart disease, as well as any potential herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud's disease, cluster headaches
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160355
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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 Board granted an effective date of January 19, 2016, for the award of service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, cluster headaches, back muscle pain, rhinosinusitis, and right knee painful joint.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 26, 2018 for the award of a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for costochondritis, bronchial asthma, loss of teeth, and Raynaud's disease due to a procedural defect in the Notice of Disagreement.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for depression was dismissed as it is subsumed by the already service-connected PTSD. A 50 percent rating for cluster headaches was granted, and a higher rating for autoimmune hepatitis was denied.
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