The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's headache disability and remanded claims for service connection for a heart disorder, syncope, and pes planus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine headaches occurring on average once every two months over the last several months. The Board found that pre-decisional duty to assist error was committed because the VA medical opinion of record is inadequate for the heart disorder claim, and appropriate VA examinations were not conducted for syncope and pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache disability, Heart disorder (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation), Syncope, Bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100581
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