Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain a medical opinion from a neurologist, psychiatrist, or neurosurgeon regarding whether the veteran's tension headaches are secondary to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board must remand the claim due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in obtaining necessary medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004702
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