The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for migraine variants should be remanded due to a lack of medical opinion regarding the relationship between his migraines and his in-service seizure.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s migraines, specifically whether they are related to his service, including an in-service seizure.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176051
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.
- Partly granted
The Board restored the 30% rating for service-connected migraine headaches, including variants, and denied an increased disability rating of more than 30%.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's migraines and migraine variants, finding that they meet the criteria for very frequent completely prostrating attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 50 percent evaluation for service-connected migraine disability, as the Veteran's symptoms were found to be very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine and migraine variants, finding that the Veteran's headaches originated during active service.
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