The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for migraines including migraine variants due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary because the Veteran was not provided with an in-person or telehealth examination, and the record review examinations did not fully account for her statements regarding symptoms and severity.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines including migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024794
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 Board granted an initial 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), but denied service connection for a right ankle disability, an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, a compensable rating for renal insufficiency as a residual of rhabdomyolysis, and other claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for migraines, as well as for an increased rating and earlier effective date for acne.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines including migraine variants secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and rhinitis.
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