The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed conditions are proximately due or aggravated by her service-connected migraine headaches. The examiner is asked to provide a more thorough opinion considering all relevant evidence, including previous DBQs.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly based on service connection but rather on the sufficiency of the opinions regarding causation and aggravation of the claimed conditions by service-connected migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- Trigeminal neuralgia, Peripheral neuropathy of the right upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22063787
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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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