Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for service-connected tension headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error requiring additional clarification.
The deciding factor: The need for an addendum opinion from a VA examiner is required to quantify the extent to which medication ameliorates the functional impairment of the Veteran's tension headaches, as the diagnostic code used does not consider medication as a factor in evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090387
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