Migraines & headaches decisions — 2017

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain service treatment records and personnel records, as well as a VA examination. The issue of entitlement to service connection for TBI with associated symptoms will be reconsidered.

The Board has remanded the issues of special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance/housebound, specially adapted housing, and entitlement to automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment for further development.

The Veteran's combined disability rating of 70 percent, including his service-connected diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy, met the schedular criteria for a TDIU effective February 11, 2004. The issue is now moot as of April 20, 2016 when the Veteran's combined disability rating reached 100 percent.

The Veteran's appeal includes multiple issues related to service connection for various conditions, as well as a claim for educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The Board has determined that these claims require additional development and will be remanded to the AOJ.

The Board is remanding the case to properly adjudicate whether a September 2003 rating decision denying service connection for cervical dysplasia, migraines, and Raynaud's Syndrome contained clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The issues of reopening claims for these conditions are inextricably intertwined with this determination.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent for the entire appeal period, with headaches and hypertension issues remaining unresolved.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for higher initial ratings for tension headaches, citing that he no longer wanted to pursue the claim.

The Veteran's headaches have been rated at a 10 percent disability rating. The Board has now granted an increased rating to a 30 percent rating, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate one prostrating attack per month.

The Board finds that the Veteran's left knee strain, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and migraine headaches are related to his military service.,Service connection is granted for left knee strain, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and migraine headaches.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA examinations and records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a dental disability, hypertension, headache syndrome, L5-S1 degenerative disc disease, cervical degenerative spondylosis, and a rash. The decision found that none of these conditions were related to service or could be presumed due to herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an extraschedular evaluation for migraines and entitlement to a TDIU due to incomplete development of the record, including the need for additional examination and opinion regarding the functional impact of the Veteran's migraine headaches on his employability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated Reserve service treatment records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of her service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for headaches, an extraschedular rating based upon the combined effects of multiple service-connected disabilities, and a TDIU due to his chronic headaches, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions, including left knee disability, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and headaches, were not incurred or aggravated by service. The claims for these conditions have been denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA medical examination to determine if the Veteran's migraine headaches are caused or permanently aggravated by his service-connected left knee meniscal tear.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for trigeminal cephalgia (headaches) was denied, and his right eye disability was granted a 50 percent rating from May 20, 2013 to November 4, 2013. The Veteran's request for a higher rating for the right eye disability was also denied.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 10, 2001.

The Veteran's headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, effective April 1, 2012. The Board found that the evidence did not show very frequent completely prostrating attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.