The Veteran's claims for recurrent headache disability and recurrent esophageal disability are being remanded due to the need for further medical examinations.
The deciding factor: Further evaluations are needed to determine the nature of the diagnosed conditions and their relationship to active service and service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent headache disability to include migraine and migraine variants, recurrent esophageal disability to include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24080017
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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
This decision grants service connection for erectile dysfunction and assigns a noncompensable rating, effective November 6, 2020. The Veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood is granted as service-connected, also effective November 6, 2020. An effective date prior to November 6, 2020, is denied for the award of service connection for GERD and right lower extremity radiculopathy.,An effective date prior to November 6, 2020, is denied for the award of service connection for GERD and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA headache examination to determine the nature and etiology of any identified headache disability, including its relationship to active service and the service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a recurrent esophageal disability to include GERD, as it needs more evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's GERD and their service-connected left shoulder tendinitis.
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