Migraines & headaches decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to deficiencies in the record, including obtaining outstanding private treatment records and providing the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various hip, knee, foot, and neck conditions due to inadequate VA examination reports. The examinations did not provide sufficient information on the onset of these conditions during active service or their relationship to other disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction as secondary to a service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, but the claim for service connection for migraines is remanded due to conflicting medical opinions.

The Veteran's TBI residuals, including dizziness and mild memory/cognitive complaints, are rated at 40 percent.,The Veteran's migraines are rated at 50 percent.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prior to January 20, 2020 do not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment. From January 20, 2020, the Veteran has a combined schedular rating of 100 percent and TDIU cannot be granted on the basis of one service-connected disability.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at 50% since the initial grant of service connection in March 2015, and this rating is granted.

The Veteran's headaches were found to be severe enough to warrant a 50% rating prior to January 20, 2019. The Board granted this increased rating based on the evidence showing that his headaches caused him significant economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to determine the severity of his migraine headaches and whether he requires aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, a right ankle disability, and migraine headaches as the evidence did not show these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active-duty service.,The Veteran's claims for service connection were based on direct service connection.

The Board denied service connection for TBI, but granted service connection for low back and neck disabilities.,Service connection was established for low back disability due to in-service injury during ACDUTRA.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not support a finding of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance of another person, leading to a denial of special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.

The Board has dismissed all claims for service connection and related issues due to the appellant's death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date prior to August 1, 2012, for service connection of adjustment disorder with depressed mood and remanded his claims for a rating increase and service connection for migraines.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of his medical records.

The Board has decided to remand several claims for further development and consideration, including those related to migraines, right and left carpel tunnel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), back pains and low back strain, and flatfeet.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic upper respiratory, a left foot disorder, a left-hand disorder, painful scar, and right wrist disorder due to procedural issues.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and missing treatment records.

The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for migraine disorder, service connection for kidney disorder, TDIU, and SMC based on housebound status are being remanded due to procedural errors in the initial decision.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for migraine headaches due to a lack of an adequate VA examination. The Veteran's claims will be reviewed with consideration of his reports of continuous headache symptoms since an in-service fall and whether his migraine headaches are related to or aggravated by his service-connected allergic rhinitis.