The Board remands the claim for service connection for tension headaches to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their nature and etiology, including whether they are related to or aggravated by a service-connected lumbar disc injury.
The deciding factor: The previous opinions were found inadequate due to lack of rationale and failure to address all aspects of secondary service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25032913
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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for various conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and all claims were dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for tension headache and remanded the claims for service connection for unspecified abdominal pain, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left carpal tunnel syndrome, low back disorder, left leg paralysis of the sciatic nerve (secondary to a service-connected condition), left foot plantar fasciitis (secondary to a service-connected condition), and tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tension headaches to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically addressing whether it is related to the Veteran's service or his service-connected lumbar disc injury.
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