Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are not manifested by characteristic prostrating attacks, and therefore a compensable evaluation is denied.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and evaluation due to incomplete information in the existing records. The issues of service connection for migraines, pain in the lower right extremity (deep vein thrombosis), and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities are being addressed.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU rating from January 19, 2019 due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of evidence from his active-duty service period.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals regarding earlier effective dates for PTSD, migraine headaches, and vertigo due to TBI as they are not appealable decisions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to additional relevant STRs being added to the file after the initial decision.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating higher than 30 percent for service-connected migraines, including migraine variants, was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for a testicular condition due to nerve entrapment from his inguinal hernia repair.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches and gastritis, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches is being remanded due to the receipt of new and relevant evidence. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further review.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been characterized by prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months. The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for migraines with an effective date of September 23, 2019.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for headaches, left ear hearing loss, and traumatic brain injury ratings prior to the Board's decision.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, and a headache disability are granted. The Board finds that the Veteran has current diagnoses of these conditions and they are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for headache and vertigo disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding their onset during service or their relationship to service-connected conditions. The Veteran is required to be provided with VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a missed VA examination for migraines, and the Veteran is required to appear for an appropriate VA examination.

The Veteran's SLE was granted an increased rating of 60 percent, but no greater.,Entitlement to a compensable rating for cluster headaches is remanded.

The Board has granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's tension headaches, effective July 7, 2016. The decision finds that the Veteran's very frequent and prolonged attacks are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

Your appeal to connect migraines to service has been dismissed because you withdrew the appeal.

The Veteran's tension headaches with migrainous features have been rated at 30 percent since the rating period on appeal, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.

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

The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD, headaches, and IBS are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.