The Veteran's service-connected migraine disability is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of her condition.
The deciding factor: There is an indication that the Veteran’s service-connected migraine disability may have increased in severity, and a new VA examination will be scheduled for her.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18160923
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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 TDIU based on migraine disability alone is granted, and he has a single disability rated at 100 percent. He also has other service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, qualifying him for SMC(s) at the housebound level.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a migraine disability and a right shoulder disability, both secondary to pre-existing disabilities. The evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the service-connected cervical strain or left shoulder strain.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's request to appeal a proposal to reduce his disability rating for migraine disability as it was premature due to the submission of a VA Form 10182 seeking to appeal before the reduction took place.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of a migraine disability, including as due to a service-connected anxiety disability.
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