Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable rating for headaches, not otherwise specified, to obtain a more adequate medical examination that considers the severity of the Veteran's condition without the ameliorative effects of medications.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA Headaches Examination did not adequately address the ameliorative effects, if any, of the Veteran's use of asprin or NSAIDs on his headache disability, and a remand is necessary to correct this predecisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098664
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