The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for frontal headaches and bilateral hearing loss, as well as a TDIU claim, are being remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the Board's previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there has not been substantial compliance with the previous remand directive regarding the examination of the Veteran's service-connected headache condition and requested additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- Frontal headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23046301
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's frontal headaches are rated at 30 percent prior to December 18, 2019 and at 50 percent thereafter. The Veteran is now in receipt of the maximum schedular rating for his service-connected frontal headaches. For bilateral hearing loss, he is granted a non-compensable disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for frontal headaches and remanded the TDIU claim. The decision found no probative medical evidence linking the Veteran's current frontal headache disorder to a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for frontal headaches prior to July 26, 2018 is denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for left and right knee disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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