Migraines & headaches decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome and related symptoms, as well as a disability characterized by headaches, neurological symptoms, fibromyalgia, and muscle pain. The claims are being remanded due to outstanding records from his active duty service in the United States Army.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for headaches, as well as his request for an earlier effective date for service-connected headaches. The Board found that there was no evidence to support a direct link between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, and he is now granted service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and major depressive disorder), a headache disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, diabetes mellitus, retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and erectile dysfunction. The Veteran's claims for other conditions are denied.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to service-connected persistent depressive disorder and awarded a noncompensable initial rating for lumbar strain and DJD. The effective dates for the awards were set at May 15, 2014.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and right arm edema were denied. Service connection was granted for a headache disorder.

The Veteran's headache disorder is being remanded for further examination and opinion to determine if it is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by her service-connected generalized anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected headache condition resulted in frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50 percent disability rating from February 15, 2006.,The Veteran is also granted entitlement to total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) for the entire period of the appeal.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, OSA, lumbar spine strain, migraine headaches, and duodenal ulcer were denied. The claim for increased rating of right lower extremity radiculopathy was remanded. Service connection for chronic fatigue, hypertension, hepatitis C, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depressive disorder with anxious distress) is also remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including migraine headaches and left ankle osteoarthritis, are deemed to preclude him from following substantial gainful employment. The Board has remanded the matter for further consideration by the Director of Compensation Services.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and evaluations to determine the nature, etiology, severity, and service connection of her claimed conditions.

The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic esophageal cancer, was found to be proximately caused by his service-connected anxiety disorder. As a result, the Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged, with severe economic inadaptability. The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for the Veteran’s migraine headaches.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for muscle pain and joint pain, as well as a higher rating for his lumbar spine disability, have been dismissed.,The Board has granted service connection for right knee strain.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection for left ankle disorder, right ankle disorder, hypertension, and OSA were all denied as the preponderance of evidence did not support a link between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected reflex sympathetic dystrophy and osteoporosis of the right leg with right ankle strain. The effective date for an 80% rating for his service-connected conditions is set at December 29, 2010.

The Veteran's claimed bilateral lower extremity numbness, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left shoulder disability, and right shoulder disability are not service-connected as they do not have a direct link to his military service.,The Veteran's claimed lumbar spine disability is also not service-connected.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral ankle disability, cervical spine disability (claimed as cervicalgia and torticollis), paresthesia left arm, headache condition, stomach condition, and gastrointestinal condition due to incomplete service records. The Veteran's current conditions are not related to her military service.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his claims as they are now moot.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for headaches was granted, while claims for polymyalgia rheumatica, bilateral hearing loss, and irritable colon syndrome were dismissed. The Veteran also withdrew his appeal regarding a temporary total rating due to convalescence for chronic sinusitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disorder (migraines), finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current condition to his military service, and also denying secondary service connection due to alcohol abuse disorder or thoracolumbar spine disability.