Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Veteran's migraine disability is rated at 50 percent from December 10, 2015. The rating reflects very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran is granted TDIU for the period from October 17, 2017 to April 25, 2022 due to his service-connected eye disability and associated insomnia disorder and migraines.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at a 50 percent disability rating, which is the highest possible under the criteria. The Board found that her symptoms meet the requirements for this rating due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks producing severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for service-connected migraines was denied, but he received an effective date of February 28, 2017, for the increased evaluation.,The Board also granted an earlier effective date of February 28, 2017, for the increased evaluation of 50 percent assigned for service-connected migraines.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of a nexus opinion in the VA examination, and the Veteran should be provided with a new examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, finding that his headaches began during service and have continued since. The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for tonic-clonic seizures, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and tension headaches has been denied. The Veteran was granted a TDIU rating.

The Veteran's PTSD, left ankle disability (based on limitation of motion and pain), and migraines are all service-connected. However, the Veteran does not receive a higher initial rating for his PTSD or left ankle disability based on limitation of motion and pain. A separate 10% rating is granted for left ankle instability. The Veteran's initial rating for migraines remains at 30 percent.

The Veteran's headache disability is characterized by very frequent and severe attacks, warranting a 50% disability rating.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for all the listed conditions, and the Board has dismissed them.

The Board finds that the Veteran's June 2017 VA Form 9 substantive appeal was timely filed, and as a result, the underlying claims under the legacy system must be reinstated. The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's headache condition is secondary to his service-connected dysthymic disorder, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for left and right knee disabilities, and awarded an initial rating of 30 percent for migraine headaches. The Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at the maximum schedular rating of 50 percent, which is the highest available under VA regulations.

The Veteran's headache disorder is granted a 50 percent rating effective January 29, 2018. The initial ratings for lumbar DDD and RLE radiculopathy are denied.

Your appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 30 percent prior to November 9, 2023, for tension headaches has been dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's PTSD, gastrointestinal issues, depression, and anxiety headaches render him unemployable. The Board has remanded the case for referral to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU.

The Veteran's periorbital headaches were not manifested by characteristic prostrating attacks averaging at least one in 2 months over the prior several months prior to September 30, 2020.,Resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran, his headaches were manifested by prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the prior several months beginning September 30, 2020.

The Board has remanded the claims for an increased rating for PTSD, service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to PTSD, and TDIU due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The VA is instructed to obtain private treatment records from 'Kaiser' and notify the Veteran of her rights regarding a TDIU claim.

The Veteran's service connection claim for migraine headaches (also described as tension/atypical headaches) is granted because the evidence shows a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service disease or injury.