The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), including post-concussive headaches, is being remanded due to the need for a new examination to assess the severity of his condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there may have been potential worsening of the Veteran's service-connected residuals of TBI since the last examination in October 2014 and recommended obtaining more current findings.
- Claimed conditions
- post-concussive headaches, sleep impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20075324
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of left trigeminal neuralgia was granted, and service connection was established for secondary conditions including blurred vision, dizziness, nausea/gastrointestinal symptoms, and sleep impairment.
- Granted
The Veteran's voiding dysfunction (claimed as urinary frequency) is granted service connection secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's post-concussive headaches are remanded for further evaluation due to insufficient medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and fibromyalgia, finding no current disability beyond that associated with his service-connected psychiatric disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent disability rating for post-concussive headaches to correct a duty to assist error and obtain a supplemental VA opinion.
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