The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with headaches to correct a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an inadequate examination report that did not consider all relevant evidence, including lay statements, and provide sufficient information for rating purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI) with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042867
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 699 · Granted: 12% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 Board has determined that the Appellant's period of inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA) where he sustained an injury in the line of duty qualifies him for basic eligibility for VA benefits, including service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the issues of TBI with headaches, left knee strain, right knee strain, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional evidence to be considered, including VA treatment records and private medical records. The Veteran is given a year to provide any additional relevant information or evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims are inextricably intertwined with his initial compensable rating claim for TBI. The Board has ordered a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected TBI and whether loss of balance, dizziness/vertigo, or headaches are related to service.
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