The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his chronic tension headaches, sinusitis, right shoulder instability, limitation of motion associated with glenohumeral arthrosis, and entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's chronic tension headaches are aggravated by his service-connected deflected nasal septum and whether his sinusitis is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected deflected nasal septum. The VA examiner must also provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected deflected nasal septum has aggravated his chronic tension headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic tension headaches, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19162932
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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.
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