The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic headaches from December 7, 2010 to October 17, 2016. The effective date of this decision is October 18, 2016. However, the claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU and SMC based on need for aid and attendance remains pending as it has been remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic headaches warranted a 50 percent rating from December 7, 2010 to October 17, 2016. The effective date of this decision is set at October 18, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001477
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 service-connected posttraumatic headaches have been rated at a 50 percent evaluation, which is the maximum rating available under Diagnostic Code 8100 for very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for posttraumatic headaches was denied. The Board dismissed the claims for TDIU and SMC due to service-connected posttraumatic headaches as it did not have jurisdiction over these issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing (SAH) or special home adaptation (SHA) grant due to his respiratory disability, which is presumed by the PACT Act. The Board found that the Veteran does not have a permanent and total disability resulting in anatomical loss of use of both hands, burns, or residuals of an inhalational injury.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic headaches from February 10, 2020.
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