Citation Nr: 20022583
Decision Date: 04/01/20	Archive Date: 04/01/20

DOCKET NO. 18-07 372
DATE: April 1, 2020

REMANDED

Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for tension headaches is remanded.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The Veteran served on active duty from August 1996 to November 1996 and August 2007 to November 2009. 

Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for tension headaches is remanded.

The Board is unable to make a fully informed decision on the claim because the Veteran has not been afforded a VA examination that specifically addresses the severity of the Veteran’s headaches. At the February 2020 Board hearing the Veteran testified that he experiences tension headaches once to twice a month that requires him to lay down for several hours. The claim is remanded for an examination.

The matters are REMANDED for the following action:

Schedule the Veteran for a VA examination with an appropriate clinician to assess the severity of his service-connected tension headache disability. Copies of all pertinent medical records should be made available to the examiner for review. All necessary diagnostic testing should be performed using the appropriate DBQ if available.

To the extent possible, the examiner should assess the severity of the Veteran’s headache disability since December 2010. If that is not possible, the examiner should indicate why. 

 

M.E. Larkin

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	M. G. Perkins, 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.