The Board remands the issues of service connection for traumatic brain injury and compensable ratings for tension headaches and migraines due to a procedural error in notifying the Veteran of his right to a hearing.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary because the Veteran was not provided proper notice of his right to a hearing on a supplemental claim, as required by 38 C.F.R. § 3.103(d)(1).
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), tension headaches, claimed as ocular migraines, migraine including migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102134
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Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (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.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbar spine disability, right hand disability, left hip disability, TBI, and left knee disability have all been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.,Specifically, the VA examination in December 2019 determined that the Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial rating for his migraine including migraine variant condition was denied as the evidence did not support a higher rating due to lack of very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected migraine including migraine variants was increased from a 10 percent to a 30 percent rating effective September 23, 2023. The appellant is eligible for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the June 2024 rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
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