The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a headache disability, and a disability manifested by sleep disturbances to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Further examination is required due to incomplete medical opinions and evidence of toxic exposure risk activities (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, Headache disability, Disability manifested by sleep disturbances
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027636
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.
- Denied
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
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