The Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability was denied in March 2011. New evidence has been submitted, and the Board finds that it is new and material to reopen the claim. The case is remanded for further development including obtaining private treatment records and providing an opinion on whether the Veteran's current headaches are related to her military service.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence relates to unestablished facts (the Veteran's current diagnosis of a headache disability) that were not previously considered by agency decision makers, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran’s claims for service connection for a headache disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001998
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 the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches, sleep apnea, and heart disability are related to service and have assigned a remand for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a headache disability as secondary to his service-connected hypertension or hypertension-related medication, finding that there was no evidence linking the headaches to his hypertension.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability, finding that there is no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology following service and concluding that his current headaches are less likely than not incurred in service.
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