The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating for cervicogenic headaches and a prior effective date for TDIU. The Veteran is seeking higher ratings for his service-connected cervicogenic headaches, which are currently rated as noncompensable. He also seeks an earlier effective date for his TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims were inextricably intertwined and remanded both issues due to the need for a new examination of his service-connected cervicogenic headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervicogenic headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192139
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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
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