Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches secondary to a service-connected lower back disability and entitlement to TDIU prior to September 13, 2011, due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the VA clinician's opinions did not adequately consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his lack of sleep due to his service-connected lower back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25015147
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