Migraines & headaches decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete service treatment records and a need to review newly submitted evidence, including a VA examination for PTSD.

The Veteran's headaches, diagnosed as migraines, are considered to have started during service and continue since then. The Board has granted service connection for these headaches based on the presumption of service connection.

The Board has granted earlier effective dates of May 18, 2009 for the awards of a TDIU and basic eligibility for DEA under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's recurrent boils, furuncles, and abscesses due to staph infections are currently rated as noncompensable. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a compensable rating.,Service connection for post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with residual left inferior homonymous quadrantanopsia and intermittent visual aura is remanded due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's CVA and his service-connected furunculosis.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for tinnitus, hearing loss, hypertension, residuals of a left foot injury, headaches, and a sinus disorder due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their onset or relationship to service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary incontinence and remanded the issue of service connection for headaches.

The Board denied service connection for neck disability, change in color in the hands, headaches, and weakness in the arm and numbness in the fingers.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been rated at 30 percent effective August 29, 2014. The rating is based on the severity of her attacks which are prostrating and prolonged, causing severe economic inadaptability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right knee, back, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper and lower extremity radiculopathy, headache disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) due to additional development being required.

The Board has denied service connection for a right elbow disability, and the case is being remanded due to issues with chest pain, genitourinary disability, right shoulder disability, and headaches.,Service connection for chest pain and heart disability (CAD) is also being remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete examinations and opinions. The claims are now pending with the VA for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of his claimed conditions.,Specifically, he is seeking service connection for various conditions including left shoulder impairment, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, left knee impairment, right shoulder impairment, sinus condition, headaches, and a peripheral vestibular disorder.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for unexplained burning sensation, chest pains, itching, headaches, anemia, and bilateral foot spurs due to incomplete development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a headache disorder due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The claims are now pending with the RO.

The Veteran's migraine headache disability rating was reduced from 30 percent to noncompensable (zero) percent, effective July 1, 2019. The Board found that the Veteran had shown good cause for missing a scheduled VA examination and restored his original 30 percent rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment, thus the claim for TDIU is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities due to outstanding medical questions and the need for additional evidence. The AOJ is instructed to obtain relevant VA and private treatment records, arrange for a VA examination, and re-adjudicate the issues.

The Veteran's appeals for a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches prior to February 8, 2017, an initial compensable evaluation for laparoscopy scars, and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeals for whether new and material evidence exists to reopen her previously denied claims for service connection for left ovary removal, ovary cyst removal, and cervical dysplasia have also been dismissed.,The Board has remanded the issues regarding service connection for a left knee disability (secondary to lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes) and a right knee disability (secondary to lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes).,The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia is also being remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to a failure to apply the combat presumption and address evidence of in-service head trauma. The Veteran is seeking service connection for residuals of head trauma, including traumatic brain injury, sleep disorder, and migraine condition.

The appeal to reopen the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, ED, and headaches is granted. The appeals to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability (to include depression and PTSD), hypertension, and sleep apnea are also granted.