The Board has remanded the claims for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's headache disorder and ulcer disorder are related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not consider all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's reported continuity of symptoms from service through the present.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache Disorder, to include Migraines, Ulcer Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22068930
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for right hand and thumb, left foot, hernia, and ulcer disorders. The claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and acquired psychiatric disorder (secondary to service-connected disabilities) are remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic gastritis is found to be the result of his service-connected PTSD and alcohol abuse, which was a manifestation of his PTSD.
- Denied
The Board found that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD. The other issues regarding a bilateral foot disability and an ulcer disorder are pending.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's hernia and ulcer disorder are related to service, with the ulcer aggravating the hernia.
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