The Veteran's service-connected post concussive headaches are rated at 50 percent, and the claim for TDIU is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has daily headaches with symptoms of light and sound sensitivity, which more nearly approximate a disability tantamount to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Concussive Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24011608
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the propriety of reducing ratings for TBI and post-concussive headaches, as well as the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Veteran's TBI and post-concussive headaches are rated at their maximum levels, with no further support for higher ratings based on the provided evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's post-concussive headaches, mixed with both migraine and tension features, are rated at 50 percent effective from the date of service connection (March 1, 2013). The appeal for a TDIU is remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied attorney fees for past-due benefits resulting from the December 2013 rating decision awarding service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury with Post Concussive Headaches.
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