Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder and/or panic attacks is dismissed. The right shoulder disability has been granted a rating of 30%. Other issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches and vertigo disabilities are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. Additional medical opinions are needed to determine the nature and likely cause of these conditions.

The appellant's claims for service connection for migraines and ED were granted with effective dates of October 31, 2018.

The Board has determined that the Veteran experiences current TBI residuals other than headaches and vertigo, which are due to a TBI during his active duty service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected TBI does not require the need for personal healthcare services provided on a daily basis in his home by a person who is licensed to provide such services or who provides such services under the regular supervision of a licensed healthcare professional. The effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the requirements necessary to warrant special monthly compensation at any rate.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims at this time.

A 70 percent rating for PTSD is granted from June 25, 2018. The appeal seeking a compensable rating for TBI with tension headaches is dismissed. Entitlement to service connection for allergic rhinitis is remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for various radicular disorders and TBI, as well as migraines, are not properly adjudicated based on the evidence of record at the time of the July 2021 decision. The Board finds there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining medical opinions and examinations.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating, and no higher, for the appellant's allergic rhinitis. The appeal is remanded for further action on service connection claims.,Additional medical opinions are needed due to recent changes in law regarding toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) under the PACT Act.

The Veteran's tension headaches have been granted a 50% rating effective December 24, 2019.,An earlier effective date for the award of service connection for hiatal hernia is denied.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are currently rated at 50 percent effective February 29, 2016. The claim for a higher rating is denied.,The Veteran's right upper extremity radiculopathy is currently rated at 40 percent effective September 17, 2015. The claim for a higher rating is denied.,The Veteran's left upper extremity radiculopathy is currently rated at 30 percent effective September 17, 2015. The claim for a higher rating is denied.,The Veteran's left lower extremity varicose veins are not compensable prior to April 19, 2019. The claim for an increased rating is denied.,The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 70 percent effective May 15, 2015, and the claim for a higher rating is denied.,Service connection for PTSD was granted on May 15, 2015.

The Veteran's headaches and back condition are granted service connection, but the claim for sleep apnea is remanded due to conflicting evidence.

An initial 100 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder is granted.,A non-compensable rating for tension headaches is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for migraines has been dismissed as the Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from December 1, 2017. Her headaches are rated at 50 percent since December 15, 2014.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 20, 2020 for the grant of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected migraines is granted. The effective date is set at January 27, 2014.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection for aggravation of Hepatitis B and has remanded claims for bruxism, migraines secondary to bruxism, and back pain.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including verification of potential radiation exposure during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to February 6, 2019, for the award of special monthly compensation for aid and attendance (SMC A&A). The April 2015 rating decision implicitly denied SMC A&A. New evidence submitted after this decision did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of headaches as secondary to his service-connected psychiatric disorder (PTSD). The evidence shows that the Veteran's migraine headaches are proximately due to his PTSD.