Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, due to a predecisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary because the May 2023 VA examiner did not provide an aggravation opinion when opining on secondary service connection, which constitutes a duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095611
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