Migraines & headaches decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including verifying the veteran's service dates in the reserves and considering newly received service medical records. The claims will be reconsidered based on this additional information.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination and an opinion regarding the impact of his service-connected conditions on his ability to work.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have migraine headaches or a low back disability that were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to clarify the relationship between the veteran's service-connected PTSD and his claimed headache disorder, as well as to obtain updated psychiatric and neurological evaluations. The case will be returned for further action.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings in all three issues related to his service-connected conditions. The lumbar spine condition is rated at 20 percent, migraines are not considered disabling enough for a higher rating, and the right thumb lacerations remain at 10 percent.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied across the board. The Board found that none of the claimed conditions are related to his period of active service.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and a post-surgical cyst of the left sinus. The claims for tension headaches, hair loss (undiagnosed), night sweats (undiagnosed), and flu-like symptoms (undiagnosed) are all denied as they do not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's ulcers were incurred during his active duty service and granted service connection. The veteran's headaches are not considered to be due to an undiagnosed illness, but rather as a direct result of service.

The veteran's appeal is denied as the evidence does not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of head trauma with headaches and nosebleeds.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for a service-connected pain disorder was denied because he failed to report for a VA examination scheduled in February 2006.

The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected migraine headaches and a rating of 30 percent for her service-connected hypothyroidism, both under Diagnostic Code 8100.

The veteran's headaches are not service-connected, but his keratitis and conjunctivitis are. The rating for the eyes was reduced to noncompensable from October 1, 1999.

The veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, joint pain, sleep disturbance, depression and irritability, memory loss, duodenal ulcer with rectal bleeding, and eczematous dermatitis were all denied. The claim for duodenal ulcer with rectal bleeding was granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to VCAA notice deficiencies and other procedural issues.

The veteran seeks service connection for headaches, which he claims are secondary to his service-connected deviated nasal septum. The case is remanded due to the need for a VA examination and further development of the claim.

The veteran does not have migraine headaches that are attributable to his active military service.

The veteran's service connection claim for low back disability (lumbar degenerative disc disease and lumbar spondylosis) has been granted, with a rating of 30 percent. The other claims have not been decided.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for headaches, claiming them as a residual of a head injury. The evidence submitted was found not new and material.

The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected vascular headaches, finding that his condition did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury (headaches) and a disability manifested by neck pain, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.