The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for traumatic headaches is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported experiencing prostrating attacks of headache pain, but his current symptoms are unclear from the provided information. The Board finds that a new examination is necessary to fully evaluate the severity of his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18146466
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, effective January 5, 2022. The Board found that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks due to her service-connected migraine headaches once a month over several months as required for a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic headaches are currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board has found that this rating does not adequately reflect her current symptoms. The case is being remanded for a new examination to assess the severity of her headaches.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an initial increased rating and earlier effective date for his service-connected traumatic headaches have been granted. He is currently rated at 50% disabling, effective May 31, 1994.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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