The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI was denied, and his claim for a 10 percent rating for migraine headaches with aura as secondary to PTSD with TBI was granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the need for a higher rating based on the severity of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Traumatic Brain Injury, Migraine headaches with aura
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23048854
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What this means for you
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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: 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 Veteran's PTSD with TBI is granted a 70 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.,The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with traumatic brain injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a combined rating for PTSD with TBI, an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Dr. Ahmed.
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