The Board remands the claim for TDIU and readjudicates the previously denied claim of entitlement to a rating in excess of 50 percent for mixed headache syndrome.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 private vocational opinion provides sufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable by reason of his service-connected headache disability, requiring readjudication of the claim for TDIU. A rating in excess of 50 percent for mixed headache syndrome is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- mixed headache syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028242
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.
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The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for mixed headache syndrome, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that his condition warranted such a rating prior to July 5, 2022.
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- Dismissed
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