The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and migraines headaches due to missing records of National Guard duty in 2017 or 2018.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence regarding the Veteran's National Guard duty in 2017 or 2018, as it may be relevant to establishing service connection for his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- depression (major depressive disorder), migraines headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099894
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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.
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