The Board remands the case for an additional medical opinion to assess the severity and manifestations of the Veteran's service-connected sinus headaches prior to June 2024.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to consider the ameliorative effects of medication in assessing the severity of the disability, which is prohibited.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinus headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095405
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,612 · Granted: 16% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board granted service connection for sinus headaches and remanded the claims for insomnia, sleep problems, fatigue, forgetfulness/memory problems, weight problems (sleep problems), an acquired mental health condition, to include depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and aching muscles and joints.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 1, 2022, for the award of a 30 percent disability rating for sinus headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a higher rating for sinus headaches to correct duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right ear hearing loss and an initial rating higher than 30 percent for sinus headaches due to incomplete development. Specifically, the duty to assist requires additional development to obtain missing federal records related to the Veteran's civilian employment audiograms and private treatment records from Dr. T.T.
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