The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by neuralgia and/or paresthesias of the right side, to include as secondary to her service-connected migraine headaches, is remanded due to insufficient examination findings.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the etiology of the claimed disabilities in relation to the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches and failed to examine or diagnose any current disability manifested by paresthesia of the right upper and/or lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- neuralgia, paresthesia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20054202
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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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