Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including an addendum opinion to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected headaches without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as it is unclear from the VA Examination reports if the Examiner delineated the Veteran's symptoms from the ameliorative effects of medication used to treat them.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic tension headaches (headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25013583
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