Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the issues for additional development, including obtaining retrospective medical opinions to address entitlement to higher initial ratings of the Veteran's service-connected headaches and CFS.
The deciding factor: The retrospective opinions provided were found inadequate due to disregarding in-service symptoms without adequate rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002506
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