The Board remands the matter for the AOJ to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a hearing and then readjudicate the claim based on the record before it, including determining whether additional evidentiary development is required.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing prior to VA's issuance of a decision could have a reasonable possibility of aiding in substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- non-specific headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25052891
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (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.
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- Dismissed
The appeals of the deferrals for various disability ratings and effective dates have been dismissed.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for certain conditions were granted, but the VA RO deferred decisions on the assignments of compensable disability ratings and effective dates.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for higher disability ratings for left ear hearing loss and non-specific headaches was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 8100 (migraines) or Diagnostic Code 6100 (bilateral hearing loss).
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