The Board remands the claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine headaches due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion is found inadequate as it does not address the aggravation prong of the presumption of soundness and fails to address each diagnosed psychological disorder separately.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047983
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
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