The Veteran's headache disorder is granted service connection. The eye disorder claim is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence in equipoise regarding the onset of the Veteran's headache disorder during service, granting service connection on a direct basis. For the eye disorder, the Board noted conflicting medical records and the possibility of secondary relationship to the Veteran's now service-connected headache disorder, requiring further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache Disorder, Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22052688
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Headache Disorder due to lack of in-service diagnosis or treatment, and the absence of a causal relationship between these conditions and service. The claim for Headache Disorder is remanded for further evaluation.
- Granted
An effective date of April 11, 2022, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for a headache disorder is granted. A 30 percent rating, but no more, for a headache disorder is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations and medical opinions provided prior to the January 2025 decision on appeal were inadequate. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disorder, which is secondary to his service-connected disabilities, must be remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Partly granted
The appeal of the issue of whether new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of entitlement to service connection for sterility is dismissed.,Service connection for a depressive disorder as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss is granted.
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