Migraines & headaches decisions — 2007

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The initial compensable rating claim was also denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and review. The veteran seeks service connection for various conditions, including migraine headaches, a right knee disability, duodenal ulcer, allergic rhinitis, left knee disability secondary to right knee disability, and back disability secondary to right knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral shoulder disorder, headaches, and urinary frequency. The evidence did not support a finding of chronic disabilities due to an undiagnosed illness or other basis.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic headaches and denied service connection for right eye disability and right heel disability. The veteran's current right eye disability is rated as noncompensable, while her right heel disability is diagnosed as a plantar wart with significant pain on ambulation.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of the evidence, including PTSD verification and examination for hearing loss, tinnitus, headaches, and memory loss.

The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for residuals of a skull fracture with headaches and vertigo was denied.,The veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for a perforated right eardrum was also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claims for service connection for back disorder and headaches, finding that the submitted evidence was not new and material.

The Board found that the veteran does not have any service-connected disabilities and thus, is not entitled to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's service-connected post traumatic encephalopathy with memory loss, headaches, and dizziness/lightheadedness was rated at 50 percent from March 11, 1996, due to total social and industrial inadaptability.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a chronic sleep disorder due to service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for bilateral plantar fasciitis and retained metal fragment lateral to the right eye and pterygium, as well as his claim for service connection for migraine headaches. The appeals are now pending with the RO.

The veteran's service-connected sinusitis with headaches has been granted a 10 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision. The initial compensable ratings for irritable bowel syndrome and migraine headaches have also been granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, and determined that the earliest effective date for a combined 100% rating is June 11, 2002.

The Board found that the veteran's cervical spine, thoracic spine, and condition manifested by headaches and blackouts were not incurred or aggravated during active service.

The Board has granted service connection for a chronic headache disability as secondary to the veteran's service-connected chronic sinusitis with hay fever, and awarded a 10% disability rating.

The veteran's claim for payment of unauthorized medical expenses is denied as the care was not rendered in response to a medical emergency and VA facilities were feasibly available.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 14, 2000 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for a TDIU at that time.