Migraines & headaches decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back disability and headache disorder due to conflicting opinions regarding their relationship with service-connected fibromyalgia, PTSD, and potential toxic exposure. The case will be reviewed again with a focus on whether these conditions are aggravated by the service-connected disabilities or related to toxic exposure.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence, including missing STRs.

The Veteran's forehead and left forearm scars are granted initial 10 percent ratings.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for bilateral shin splints, MDD and GAD secondary to PTSD, and migraine headache disability secondary to PTSD is granted.,Service connection for gastroenteritis, chronic bronchitis, and cervical dysplasia is denied.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of service connection for right and left knee disabilities, headaches secondary to PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea secondary to PTSD. The remand includes obtaining updated medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hemorrhoids, esophageal spasms, and migraines due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset or relationship to service. Additional development is needed to confirm exposure to herbicide agents and asbestos, if applicable, and to obtain a VA examination to determine the etiology of each condition.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic tension headaches, right knee condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to MST. The claims are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have met the percentage requirements for a TDIU since June 19, 2017 and prevent him from performing gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for residuals of a head injury and headaches due to additional development being necessary. The Veteran contends his current conditions are related to service, but VA records do not include contemporaneous documentation of such events.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a sinus headache disability, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service. The Board also found insufficient evidence to support secondary service connection based on his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided at Lawnwood Hospital Trauma Center in October 2010 is granted, as he was totally disabled due to service-connected disabilities and the VA facility was not feasibly available.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed additional disabilities of right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and headaches as a result of his March 1998 VA surgery. The case is now pending for further development.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for hypertension has been denied.,The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and headaches, both of which are secondary to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's headaches had their onset during active service and are related to a head injury sustained in 1991.

The Veteran's right shoulder, left shoulder, and migraine conditions are granted service connection. The bilateral hearing loss condition is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for herpes zoster was withdrawn by the Veteran.,Service connection is denied for PFB, headaches, sinusitis, right breast mass, bradycardia, testicular disorder, groin disorder, and bilateral knee condition.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for a compensable rating for service-connected migraine headache, effective February 4, 2021.

The Veteran's IBS is granted a maximum 30 percent disability rating. The initial compensable rating for tension headaches (claimed as migraines) and the remand for an initial rating of sinusitis are pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic headache disability, diabetes, and hypertension were denied. The claim for GERD was granted with a rating of 60 percent but no higher.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and migraines are being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions. The Board requires an addendum opinion addressing both causation and aggravation of the conditions, as well as a separate opinion on whether the migraines were aggravated by PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic headaches, lower back disability, sleep apnea, and hypertension, all of which are found to be directly related to the Veteran's active-duty service.