Migraines & headaches decisions — 2015

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and providing the Veteran with VA examinations to assess her service-connected disabilities.

The Board finds that the Veteran's claimed disabilities did not manifest during service or within a year thereafter, and thus are not presumed to have been incurred therein. The preponderance of evidence is against finding any nexus between current diagnoses and service.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a currently diagnosed cervical spine, heart, or headache disability. The Veteran's asthma was not evaluated for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen her claims for service connection for headaches and a skin disability. The claim of service connection for headaches is now considered on its merits.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for a skin disability remains denied as new and material evidence was not received.

The Veteran's TBI claim is denied as there was no objective evidence of a TBI during service.,Service connection for tension headaches is granted as they are related to his service-connected GERD.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied. The Board found no evidence of limitation of motion or pain to shoulder level, warranting a higher rating.

The Board found that the Veteran's current hip bursitis, headaches, and motion sickness are not related to his in-service motor vehicle accident or service in any other way.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, entitlement to service connection for positional vertigo (dizziness) secondary to bilateral hearing loss, entitlement to service connection for headaches secondary to bilateral hearing loss, and entitlement to service connection for skin condition to include as due to exposure to Agent Orange.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including for a VA examination to assess the severity of his right hip and traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the initial ratings of chronic fatigue syndrome with immune dysfunction and chronic headaches before a decision was made by the Board.

The Veteran's cervicogenic headaches have been rated at 50 percent disabling, the highest available rating under Diagnostic Code 8100 for very frequent prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's migraine headaches, keratoconus, and exercise induced asthma are all rated at the maximum allowable under VA regulations. The Veteran is also granted TDIU.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a diagnosed cardiac disability, left ear hearing loss, or disabilities manifested by headaches, arthralgias and body joint popping. The examiner found no medical nexus between these conditions and his inservice complaints.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's fatigue and headaches are not service-connected as they do not meet the criteria for service connection under direct service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's musculoskeletal disability, to include polymyalgia rheumatica, and migraine headaches are not related to service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for Reynaud's disease and continued denial of service connection for reactive arthritis. The Veteran's sinus headaches were rated at 10 percent, but the allergic rhinitis was not compensable.

The Veteran's appeal involves three issues: effective dates for service connection, TDIU, and DEA eligibility. The case is being remanded to obtain the Veteran's VA Vocational Rehabilitation folder and issue a supplemental statement of the case.

The Veteran's appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for headaches was dismissed as there is no longer a case or controversy with respect to this issue. The claim for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral pleural calcifications, with bilateral diaphragmatic calcifications remains pending.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected conditions, including headaches with facial numbness, cervical spine DDD, thoracolumbar spine DDD, hemorrhoids, left knee chondromalacia, and right knee chondromalacia. The appeals were based on direct service connection.