The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for back strain and migraine due to insufficient medical opinions addressing all potential theories of service connection, including direct, secondary causation, and aggravation. The AOJ is instructed to obtain additional medical opinions as requested.
The deciding factor: The Board found that prior medical opinions were inadequate and did not consider all relevant theories of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- back strain, migraine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24040883
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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
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