Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Veteran's migraine headache and anxiety disorder are granted service connection, with the migraine headache being related to in-service treatment for headaches. The psychiatric disability is remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to October 23, 2008 due to his service-connected disabilities not preventing him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for several conditions and service connection claims.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate opinions in previous decisions and new evidence is needed.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted a 10 percent rating. The hip, headache, and GERD issues are REMANDED for further examination.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of migraine headaches was dismissed as the claim was not properly appealed with a VA Form 9.,The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for infertility, and thus this issue is dismissed.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for dissociative identity disorder and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures were dismissed because they have been granted in the rating decision of July 2020 and are rendered moot on appeal.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to deficiencies in the record regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions, including a lack of psychiatric treatment records from her service and an incorrect opinion on whether she had other diagnoses. The claims are also inextricably intertwined with the mental disorder claim.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches and increased ratings for his degenerative arthritis of the spine with spondylolisthesis due to inadequate medical opinions and inextricability with the TDIU claim.

The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection for tension headaches due to concurrent review under the modernized appeals system (AMA). The Veteran withdrew his appeal from the legacy system by submitting a VA Form 10182.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for obstructive sleep apnea and headaches due to service-connected PTSD, diabetes mellitus type II, and CAD. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for updated medical records and VA examinations to assess his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for epilepsy, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder), headaches, high blood pressure, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The issues of service connection have been addressed on their merits.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been remanded due to insufficient evidence or procedural issues. The appeals are not about service connection, but rather the severity of his existing conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, secondary to his service-connected tinnitus is granted. The Board also remanded the issues of increased ratings for hallux valgus and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's headache condition is etiologically related to his active service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for headaches and allergies/respiratory disability are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and verification of exposure.

Your claim for service connection for headaches (also claimed as migraines) has been dismissed because the appeal was not filed within one year of a previous decision and did not initiate a valid appeal to the Board.

The Veteran withdrew their appeals for traumatic brain injury and headaches, leading to the dismissal of these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's motions to revise or reverse the June 7, 2007 rating decisions for painful motion of the right shoulder, left hip, and migraine headaches due to lack of clear and unmistakable error.

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for various disabilities due to missing STRs and incomplete VA treatment records.