Migraines & headaches decisions — 2010

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records from the Veteran's Reserve service and attempting to obtain treatment records related to his headaches and right foot injury during service.

The Veteran's migraines are currently rated as 10 percent disabling, but the Board has determined that a higher rating of 30 percent is warranted based on her characteristic prostrating attacks occurring once per month.

The Veteran's chronic tension headaches are found to be caused by his service-connected tinnitus, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's migraines were manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability from September 26, 2006, to February 27, 2009.,From February 27, 2009, the Veteran's migraines have been assigned a 50 percent rating, the maximum rating available under Diagnostic Code 8100.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, headache disorder, and seizure disorder based on continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at a 30 percent rating, effective from the date of the July 2007 decision. The Veteran's service-connected shin splints of both lower extremities are not currently assigned any compensable ratings.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records, schedule him for a neurological examination, and develop the claim for TDIU. The case will be readjudicated after these actions.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain missing service and VA treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for genital warts and denied an initial compensable evaluation for onychomycosis. Service connection for migraine headaches was remanded.

Effective from December 26, 2006, the Veteran's headaches are rated at 30 percent disabling.

The Veteran's claimed conditions of chronic sinusitis, headaches, and depression are not considered to be related to service.

The Veteran's service connection claims were granted for various conditions, including a scar on the left breast, residuals of liposuction surgery, spondylosis of the thoracic spine, right ankle strain, migraine headaches, lumbar sprain, and major depressive disorder. The effective dates are not specified.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was received to reopen the claims of service connection for a low back disability and residuals of a concussion with headaches and eye problems. However, the newly submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.

The Veteran is granted service connection for mitral valve prolapse syndrome and a 30 percent initial rating for migraine headaches, effective February 5, 2010.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraine headaches are related to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depression. As such, the claim for secondary service connection is granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches and chronic left knee problems are related to his active duty service, granting service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating as the headaches do not meet the criteria for more severe disability.

The Board has remanded the case for readjudication due to incomplete review of VA outpatient treatment records.

The Veteran's tension headaches are granted as secondary to his service-connected thrombosis of brain vessels. The total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is also granted.