The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection for severe headaches, and a new VA opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinions are not sufficient to determine if the Veteran's headaches are related to her service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- Severe headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23016918
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety condition, severe headaches, left foot condition, right foot condition, intervertebral disk syndrome (claimed as low back problems), left hip problems, and right knee condition due to incomplete records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, bilateral shoulder pain, and severe headaches. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, chronic upper respiratory infections and sleep apnea, and severe headaches. The claims are being remanded to allow for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be etiologically related to active service, and thus service connection for tinnitus is granted.
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