The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches, left arm condition (left shoulder bicipital tendonitis), and cervical spine condition (cervical strain). The appeals are now remanded to determine if these conditions are related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the previous denial shows that the Veteran has had migraines, left arm pain, and cervical strain since his military service. This raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, left arm condition (left shoulder bicipital tendonitis), cervical spine condition (cervical strain), left hip condition, right hip condition, heart condition (coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23057569
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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 bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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