The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder with depression, and a migraine disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is required as there is insufficient competent medical evidence on file to make a decision on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder with depression, migraine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24067951
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 124 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU based on migraine disability alone is granted, and he has a single disability rated at 100 percent. He also has other service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, qualifying him for SMC(s) at the housebound level.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder with depression, is found to be related to his military service and the claim for service connection is granted.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a migraine disability and a right shoulder disability, both secondary to pre-existing disabilities. The evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the service-connected cervical strain or left shoulder strain.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's request to appeal a proposal to reduce his disability rating for migraine disability as it was premature due to the submission of a VA Form 10182 seeking to appeal before the reduction took place.
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