The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the impact of his service-connected vascular headaches on his ability to work. The case will also be reviewed to determine if there has been marked interference with employment or an inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's unemployability and the impact of his service-connected vascular headaches on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0705036
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's vascular headaches are granted effective August 22, 2011. A TDIU is granted effective February 11, 2015. SMC based on housebound criteria is denied prior to July 14, 2020.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for migraine and vascular headaches, but the claim for a disability of the nose, to include residuals of a broken nose, must be remanded due to lack of a VA examination or medical opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease, vascular headaches, and cerebrovascular accident with left eye vision problem rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from April 1, 2015 to May 28, 2018.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for vascular headaches and granted restoration of the cervical spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and lumbar spine disability ratings.
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