The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for pseudogout of the right knee, pseudogout of the left knee, and headaches, to include migraine headaches. The remand requires additional medical opinions regarding in-service incurrence and aggravation.
The deciding factor: The Board found the previous VA examiner opinions inadequate due to lack of explanation on prior diagnoses and insufficient analysis of in-service incurrence and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudogout of the right knee, pseudogout of the left knee, headaches, to include migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22039339
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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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