Migraines & headaches decisions — 2024

The Veteran's attorney has withdrawn all appeals related to the issues listed on the title page. As a result, the appeal is dismissed.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, and he receives a 30% rating for his tension headaches.

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar spine disability and migraine headaches are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA-authorized physical therapy records for his lumbar spine disability and an adequate VA headache conditions examination.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability but remanded the issue of service connection for a headache disability. The Veteran's current back and headache disabilities are not found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The TDIU claim is also being remanded for additional development.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for entitlement to increased ratings for obstructive sleep apnea and headaches as the appellant requested withdrawal of all issues.

The Board has granted an initial compensable disability rating of 50 percent for the appellant's headache disability, effective from March 31, 2010. The decision also grants an earlier effective date of January 31, 2012, for the grant of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and headache disabilities, finding that there is no current diagnosis of these conditions and that any potential secondary relationship to a previously severed depressive disorder disability does not meet legal requirements.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a head injury was denied as there is no current diagnosis of residuals or TBI.,The Veteran's MDD, recurrent episode with anxious distress, was granted with a 70% disability rating.

The Board has granted service connection for various conditions, including degenerative arthritis of the cervical and lumbar spine, right and left knee conditions, migraines, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with dizziness and staggering, urinary dysfunction, bilateral upper and lower extremity radiculopathy, and bilateral pes planus with degenerative arthritis. The Veteran's statements and medical opinions supported these findings.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches is being remanded due to a duty to assist error and the need for another VA medical opinion. The examiner must consider the total potential exposure through all applicable military deployments and service, including possible toxic exposure in Iraq.

Service connection is denied for vertigo, sleep apnea, upper back condition, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for migraine headaches has been remanded.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 29, 2021 for the award of service connection for migraine headaches including migraine variants.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's migraine headaches and whether they are related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board denies a TDIU for any part of the rating period.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection on multiple issues has been remanded due to procedural errors and the need for additional evidence, including medical opinions related to potential toxic exposure claims under the PACT Act.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, requiring additional development and examination.

The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome is granted service connection.,The left ankle condition is denied as not related to military service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of May 13, 2020 for a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches. The claim was continuously pursued since the initial filing on that date.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for migraines, to include migraine variants, is denied as the evidence does not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.