The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of his employment history.
The deciding factor: The AOJ needs to ensure that all relevant evidence has been obtained and reviewed, including VA examination reports and information about the Veteran's employment during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a TBI with headaches, Posttraumatic migraine headaches, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with residuals of a TBI, Shrapnel wounds resulting in muscle damage to right Muscle Group III, Shrapnel wounds resulting in muscle damage to right Muscle Group V, Shrapnel wounds resulting in muscle damage to Muscle Group XXIII
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22017090
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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.
- 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.
- Granted
The Veteran's posttraumatic migraine headaches are rated at a maximum of 50 percent effective from June 19, 2020.
- Granted
The Board has granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the service-connected posttraumatic migraine headaches prior to February 7, 2020, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
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