Migraines & headaches decisions — 2018

The Board has granted service connection for sinusitis. The Veteran's staph infection and headache disorder claims are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and increased ratings for various knee conditions, lumbar spine disability, chronic headaches, and sleep disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examinations and evaluations to determine the current severity of his service-connected conditions, including PTSD, migraine headaches, right hip disability, ventricular arrhythmia, and tinnitus. The effective date for service connection remains January 24, 2013.

The Veteran's sacroiliac dysfunction was granted service connection as it manifested during active duty. The claims for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, migraine headaches, and right shoulder disability were not addressed in this decision.

The Veteran's skin condition other than lipomas and his headaches are remanded for further examination to determine their etiology.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraine headaches are proximately due to his service-connected residuals of right eye injury, and therefore grants secondary service connection for these headaches.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, high blood pressure, headaches, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been denied. The appeal is also denied as to the requests for earlier effective dates for service connection.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for obstructive defects, skin disabilities, fibromyalgia, headaches, and depressive disorder have been dismissed.,Service connection has been granted for fibromyalgia, to include bilateral shoulder and hand joint pain.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent, the maximum schedular rating, due to very frequent and prolonged attacks that cause severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for early hypertensive changes of the heart with LVH and a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines have been denied. The Board found that there was no evidence to support these ratings based on the medical records, which did not diagnose the Veteran with hypertensive heart disease or severe economic inadaptability due to his headaches.

The Board has remanded the claims for chest condition, right eye condition, and headaches due to outstanding service treatment records and need for further medical examination.,No specific rating or effective date was assigned in this decision.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection of a back disability, bilateral knee disability, great right toe disability, and migraine headaches. The claims are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations to address the etiology of these disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case for further development to verify service dates and obtain medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions. The issues of service connection are still pending.

The Board has determined that the severance of service connection for headaches, joint pain, and dermatitis was improper due to conflicting evidence regarding whether these conditions are related to service in Southwest Asia. As a result, service connection is restored for these conditions.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims of lumbar spine, cervical spine, left knee, right knee, and headaches disabilities. Additional development is needed to obtain workman's compensation records related to the Veteran’s claimed disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically Generalized Anxiety Disorder, has been granted. The claims for left and right foot disabilities, cardiological disability, headaches, and a rating increase for psoriasis are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

Service connection is granted for lumbar degenerative arthritis. The Veteran's cervical disability and cause of death are remanded for further review.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance is remanded due to the lack of a VA examination addressing only his service-connected disabilities.

The claim of entitlement to service connection for Gulf War Syndrome is reopened. The claims of increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and dyspnea on exertion, due to an undiagnosed illness are remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches and joint pain throughout the skeletal system with joint deterioration, finding that these conditions are related to military service.