Citation Nr: 20021699 Decision Date: 03/26/20 Archive Date: 03/26/20 DOCKET NO. 14-02 315 DATE: March 26, 2020 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for corneal laceration eye injury is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from December 1981 to December 1984. These matters are before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal of a November 2011 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office in Waco, Texas (RO). The Veteran was afforded a hearing before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge in November 2019. A transcript of the hearing has been associated with the Veteran’s electronic claims file. 1. Entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches is remanded. 2. Entitlement to service connection for corneal laceration eye injury is remanded. The Veteran was last afforded VA examinations for his migraine headaches and eye condition in March 2014. Regarding the Veteran’s claimed eye condition, the examiner found that the Veteran has no current diagnosis. Regarding the Veteran’s migraine headaches, the examiner opined only on whether the Veteran’s migraines are related to his claimed eye condition. At a November 2019 Board hearing, the Veteran testified that his migraine headaches began during active duty service due to stress and that he has been receiving treatment for migraines since discharge from the military. The Veteran also testified that he has been receiving treatment for vision problems since discharge. The Veteran testified that he is currently receiving treatment at a VA facility. Once VA undertakes the effort to provide an examination when developing a service-connection claim, even if not statutorily obligated to do so, it must provide an adequate one. See Barr v. Nicholson, 21 Vet. App. 303, 311 (2007). The March 2014 examiner did not address direct service connection for the Veteran’s migraine headaches. Additionally, the Veteran has provided additional information regarding his migraine headaches and eye condition since the March 2014 VA examinations. As such, a new VA examination is needed. See 38 C.F.R. § 4.2 (2018). The Veteran has indicated that he has been receiving treatment from VA for his conditions since July 2018. As no VA treatment records have been associated with his file, these records should be obtained on remand. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: 1. Obtain the Veteran’s VA treatment records for the period from July 2018 to the Present. These records should be associated with the Veteran’s file. 2. Once the development above has been completed, schedule the Veteran for VA examinations for his migraine headaches and his eye condition. All indicated tests and studies should be accomplished, and all clinical findings should be reported in detail. For each diagnosed disorder, the examiners should opine as to whether it is at least as likely as not (i.e. 50 percent or greater probability) that the disorder is causally or etiologically due to service. Regarding the Veteran’s migraine headaches, the examiner should consider the Veteran’s statements that his migraines began in service due to stress. Regarding the Veteran’s claimed eye condition, the examiner should consider the Veteran’s statements that he has had vision problems since he was hit in the eye with shrapnel or a sharp piece of glass in service. All opinions should be supported by a clear rationale, and a discussion of the facts and medical principles involved would be of considerable assistance to the Board. TANYA SMITH Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board T. Bynum, Associate Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.