Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for migraine to obtain a supplemental opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected disability without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary as Diagnostic Code 8100 does not contemplate the ameliorative effects of medications in the rating criteria, and a medical opinion discounting these effects is required.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine and migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087713
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