The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a headache disability as secondary to service-connected thoracolumbar scoliosis and for TDIU due to inextricability with the former claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches are found to be related to her service-connected thoracolumbar scoliosis, which is considered part of the increased rating claim. The matter of TDIU is also remanded as it is intertwined with the secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2023
- Citation
- 23012059
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational background and occupational experience. The Board finds the totality of the evidence more probative than his lay statements in determining that his service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for thoracolumbar scoliosis and lumbosacral strain, resulting in the dismissal of this case.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim to reopen her service connection for back disability is granted, and the issue of service connection itself is remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and separate ratings for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, secondary to thoracolumbar scoliosis. The attorney fees are based on the total award of past-due benefits awarded in the April 2019 rating decision, prior to withholding for military retired pay.
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