The Veteran's claims for service connection for a headache condition and a left hand injury are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: There was no VA medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the claimed conditions or their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache condition, Left hand injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2023
- Citation
- A23028581
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine and a headache condition, finding that her symptoms began during and have continued since service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to July 25, 2016 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that there was no factually ascertainable increase in disability within one year prior to September 18, 2015, and thus did not warrant a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to incomplete VA examinations and a failure to reschedule them. The Veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, sleep disturbances, bilateral hearing loss, headache condition, and lumbar fusion with limitation and pain.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD and right hand scar, but denied service connection for other claimed conditions including diabetes type II, erectile dysfunction, headaches, heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, left shoulder injury, left hand injury, lower back injury, right shoulder injury, upper back injury, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability.
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