The Board has ordered further development of the Veteran's claims due to incomplete medical records. The case is being remanded for additional efforts to obtain all VA treatment records from Fort Worth and Dallas VAMCs since January 2009.
The deciding factor: Further evidence, specifically recent VA treatment records, may provide important information that could affect the decision on the Veteran's claim of entitlement to an increased disability rating for vascular headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1112123
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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