The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need for additional development of the record, including obtaining complete service treatment and personnel records and verifying the nature of the Veteran's service.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment and personnel files and verify his service dates, as well as to document any participation in toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability, manifested by pain and diarrhea, neurobehavioral disability, disability manifested by vitamin B12 depletion, migraine headaches, tinnitus, disability manifested by white blood cell dysfunction, right arm big muscle disability, left arm big muscle disability, right leg big muscle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24002772
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.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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