Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for GERD, IBS, and Migraine Headaches due to potential Gulf War exposure. The TDIU claim is also part-and-parcel of this appeal.

The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, cold weather injury such as frostbite of the upper and lower extremities, and headaches have been denied due to a lack of current diagnoses.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are now rated at 50 percent effective June 18, 2018. The VA examiner found that the Veteran had very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The AOJ is required to correct these errors by obtaining additional medical opinions, creating an Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER), and scheduling the Veteran for examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as anxiety condition and depression) have been dismissed. The claim for migraines was granted in a previous decision, resulting in a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been withdrawn.

The Board has granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's diagnosed hypnic headaches/chronic posttraumatic type headaches, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance regarding whether these conditions had their onset during or immediately after service.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at a maximum of 50 percent, the highest schedular rating available. The decision grants an initial 50 percent disability rating for his migraines.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding headaches because the appellant requested to withdraw his appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were not severe enough to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment prior to June 28, 2012. The Board denied an earlier effective date for the TDIU.

The Board has remanded the appellant's claims for service connection for headaches and sinus disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations and lack of a clear rationale in the opinions provided.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions. The claims are related to various hip disabilities, respiratory issues, and headaches.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the claims of anxiety, depression, erectile dysfunction, herpes-skin, and migraines.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed as the claims were not filed within one year of the February 25, 2008 rating decision.,The request for an extension of time to file a Notice of Disagreement was denied due to lack of good cause shown.

The Veteran's increased rating claim for cephalea headaches is remanded due to an inadequate VA examination prior to the decision on appeal. The claim will be reconsidered with a new medical examination.

The appeal for increased ratings related to PTSD, migraine headaches, and enthesopathy of the left quadricep tendon is dismissed due to a claims processing error. The Veteran's TDIU claim prior to July 26, 2016 is granted.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50% rating from November 3, 2020. The issues of entitlement to a compensable rating prior to this date and TDIU remain pending.

The Board has granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's current migraine disability is at least as likely as not related to acoustic trauma experienced during military service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 30 percent disability rating between March 12, 2020, and October 21, 2022. The Board found that the Veteran experienced very frequent but not completely prostrating attacks of headache pain, which did not meet the criteria for a higher 50 percent rating.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has dismissed all issues on appeal.