The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including chronic fatigue, headache disability, chronic constipation, muscle aches, and neurocognitive disability. The case is being remanded for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided were inadequate for adjudication purposes and do not address the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions related to service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, headache disability, chronic constipation, muscle aches, neurocognitive disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163331
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an increased rating for a headache disability, and the Board dismissed the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including cervical spine, chronic fatigue, and various nerve damages, as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to in-service events.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 11, 2024 for the Veteran's headache disability based on continuous pursuit of her claim.
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