The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for migraines and an increased rating for right knee meniscal and anterior cruciate ligament tear due to the Veteran's failure to appear for VA examinations without good cause.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to schedule the Veteran for another examination as he was not given proper notice of the scheduled VA examination, thus providing good cause for his absence.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, including migraine variants, right knee meniscal and anterior cruciate ligament tear, status post repair with degenerative joint disease, with instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092105
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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