The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a neck disability has been granted, but the service connection claims have been remanded.,Service connection for migraine headaches is established, and the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was reopened due to new evidence received more than one year after the previous decisions, which showed that his neck disability worsened post-surgery and was not caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, migraine headaches, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22027018
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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