Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the case to obtain an adequate medical opinion on whether the veteran's headaches are service-connected, secondary to TMD, or aggravated by other service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were deemed inadequate because they did not properly consider the veteran's lay evidence and relied on inaccurate factual premises.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25000752
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