Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating greater than 30 percent for tension headaches to obtain an adequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: There are no adequate medical examinations of record, and the AOJ's failure to obtain one is a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089514
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