Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Board has found pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining military personnel and service treatment records from the Veteran's Reserve service, confirming his periods of active-duty, ADT, IDT, and Reserve service, and obtaining SSA records. These claims are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's reported stressors for PTSD and his claimed headaches. The VA is instructed to attempt to verify these incidents.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were incurred in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service connection claims for migraine headaches and traumatic brain injury residuals were denied as the evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and active service.,There was no credible continuity of symptomatology, and the Veteran's recent statements about his symptoms being related to service are considered self-serving.

Effective June 16, 2008, a 50 percent rating for mixed type headaches (migrainous and tension type) is granted.,Effective May 3, 2011, entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his psychiatric condition and multiple musculoskeletal issues, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the claim for TDIU based on this finding.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was granted. The claims for increased ratings of chronic low back pain syndrome and calcific rotator cuff tendinitis were also granted, while the initial compensable rating for a tonsillectomy was denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, cervical spine disorder, headaches, and multiple musculoskeletal disorders have been denied. The Board found no evidence of current disabilities or a nexus to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him in need of regular aid and attendance due to his PTSD, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and earlier effective date for migraine headaches was denied. The Board found that there was no factually ascertainable increase in symptoms prior to May 13, 2021.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU was also denied as he did not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU at any point during the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial compensable rating and earlier effective date for exertional headache due to lack of probative evidence supporting the Veteran's assertions.

Service connection for sinusitis is granted due to exposure to burn pits during service, as per the PACT Act. Service connection for migraine headaches is remanded.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were noted in service and have continued since then, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected psoriasis, migraine headaches, esophagitis with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and anal pruritis have been granted increased ratings effective February 2, 2018.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury and Headaches.

The Veteran's right maxillary sinusitis, left and right great toe gout disabilities are granted with a 50% rating each. Bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for various conditions including fibromyalgia, generalized anxiety disorder (also claiming other specific depressive disorder), muscle joint pain of the right knee, gastric ulcers, chronic fatigue syndrome, tension headaches, respiratory insufficiency, restless leg syndrome, bilateral hearing loss, and right hip strain. The decision is based on reasonable doubt being resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hands, left lower extremity neuropathy condition, and headaches condition as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability due to incomplete VA examinations.

The appeal regarding service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is dismissed. The appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and headaches are remanded.