The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50% evaluation for the entire appeal period. The Veteran’s chondromalacia of the right knee and residuals of TBI are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the Veteran's reported symptoms and medical evidence, leading to a finding that his migraine headaches meet the criteria for a 50% evaluation. The issues regarding chondromalacia of the right knee and residuals of TBI require additional development as per the Board’s instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, chondromalacia of the right knee, residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19165820
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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 migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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