The Veteran's initial compensable evaluation for post-concussive headaches is remanded due to incomplete examination and the need for updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The September 2016 VA examination was found to be incomplete, lacking details on the length of headache attacks and whether they are severe enough to affect economic adaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-concussive headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20025595
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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 post-concussive headaches have been rated at the maximum schedular rating of 50 percent throughout the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, PTSD with TBI, and post-concussive headaches. Service connection was denied for gulf war syndrome.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for TBI and higher ratings for various conditions but remanded decisions on the effective date for left lower extremity radiculopathy and rating for IVDS.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's post-concussive headaches are rated at 50 percent since January 31, 2013. The claim for a higher rating is granted prior to August 13, 2020 and denied from that date onwards.
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