Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating of the Veteran's service-connected migraine headache disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The RO adjudicated the claim without first obtaining an adequate opinion, which is considered a pre-decisional duty to assist error that requires correction.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109509
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