The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 25, 2009 for the grant of a 40 percent rating for headaches status post head injury is granted.,The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right wrist distal forearm fracture is denied.,The Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than June 3, 2009 for the grant of service connection for right hand peripheral neuropathy and a rating in excess of 20 percent are remanded.,The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD with TBI is remanded.,The Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 40 percent for headaches status post head injury prior to August 5, 2019 and a rating in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic migraine headaches beginning on August 12, 2019 are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were remanded due to the need for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches status post head injury, Right hand peripheral neuropathy, Posttraumatic migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20057725
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 21, 2016, for the grant of service connection for unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorder, and a 50 percent disability rating for posttraumatic migraine headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, neurocognitive disorder, and posttraumatic migraine headaches to obtain new VA medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for loss of teeth, traumatic brain injury (TBI), headaches status post head injury, and lumbosacral strain, as well as earlier effective dates for the granted ratings.
- Granted
The Veteran's posttraumatic migraine headaches are rated at a maximum of 50 percent effective from June 19, 2020.
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