Migraines & headaches decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for psychiatric, headache, and sleep disability service connection due to incomplete examinations and missing VA treatment records. The Veteran needs to be rescheduled for VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for gynecological conditions, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and scoliosis due to new evidence received after a previous denial. The Veteran is required to undergo a VA examination to assess her gynecological conditions.

The Veteran's headaches are considered to have been incurred during her active military service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of headaches due to motor vehicle accident, exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange), and PTSD aggravation. The case will be reviewed on its merits without addressing whether new and material evidence was received.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding VA treatment records and a need for medical examinations. The claims include psychiatric, alcoholism, neurological disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and bilateral foot disability.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that they are aggravated by the service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's depressive disorder and migraine headaches have been granted increased ratings, but the lumbar spine disability remains remanded for further examination. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for headaches, sleep apnea, hypertension, and an increased rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to ongoing development needs.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and TDIU due to inadequate development in previous examinations. The Appellant's service records show a history of headaches, but no treatment was provided. The examiner concluded that the migraines pre-existed service and did not worsen during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of migraine headaches, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his active duty service.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a right wrist nerve and fingers/forearm disability, chronic headaches, lumbosacral strain, prostate disability, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis due to outstanding VA treatment records not being associated with the claims file.

The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings on his coronary artery disease, migraine headaches, and diabetes mellitus type II have been dismissed as moot due to the submission of a timely NOD.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The preponderance of evidence is against finding that the Veteran incurred a headache disability in service or that it is related to his service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and the need to differentiate symptoms of POTS from those of migraine headaches.

The claim for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected vertigo is dismissed.,The claim for an effective date earlier than May 1, 2015, for service-connected tinnitus is denied. The earliest date on which service connection for tinnitus may be effective is May 1, 2015.

The Veteran's initial claim for higher ratings for his service-connected lumbosacral strain, migraine headaches, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and radiculopathy of sciatic nerve was denied. The Veteran is currently rated at 20 percent for lumbosacral strain prior to January 27, 2020 and at 40 percent thereafter.,The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an initial 50 percent rating from January 3, 2013. The Veteran is currently rated at 50 percent for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for migraine headaches has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew his appeal through his authorized representative.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to obtain missing service treatment records and determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, arachnoid cyst, and headaches. The claims are being remanded for these purposes.

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for headaches, hypertension, lower back disability, skin disability (tinea cruris), and TBI. Additional evidence was submitted since the last statement of the case but an SSOC was not issued as required.

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for migraine headaches, tinnitus, prostate cancer, peptic ulcer disease, and right thumb disability. The effective date of the grant of service connection for migraine headaches remains July 23, 2015.