Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete compliance with prior remand instructions. The Veteran is required to provide updated private treatment records and VA outpatient treatment records, as well as undergo medical examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and consideration due to insufficient medical records and potential service connection of earaches, infection, and headaches.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities since July 1, 2008. The decision is effective from that date.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and evaluations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities, including headaches, right knee disability, and shortness of breath.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to inadequate opinion regarding secondary service connection for headaches, vertigo, and bleeding from ear related to his fracture of the left zygomatic arch. The examiner must provide an addendum opinion addressing these symptoms.

The Veteran's sleep disorder is granted as secondary to her service-connected Major Depressive Disorder, Moderate Recurrent with Anxious Distress and PTSD. The claims for CFS, hair loss, headaches, and skin disability are remanded.

The Veteran's appeals for various conditions and ratings have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals. Service connection has been granted for PTSD with a rating of 70 percent effective April 22, 2013.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache condition, which is related to in-service exposure to tactical herbicides, needs further examination and opinion before a decision can be made.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic headache condition is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinion and missing military personnel records.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches, as it is related to his already service-connected IBS. The decision will be reconsidered with additional medical opinions and development of records.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The issues of entitlement to service connection for low back disability, headaches (including as secondary to service-connected disability), and residuals of right ureteral lithotomy are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence is against a higher rating for tinnitus, left upper extremity radicular neuropathy, vascular headaches, epididymitis and testicle cyst condition, external hemorrhoids, and left arm scars. Service connection was granted for PTSD.

The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for headaches was granted with an effective date of August 29, 2013.,For pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), the Veteran received a non-compensable rating prior to February 24, 2016. From that date onwards, he is not entitled to any higher rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee, low back, shoulder, and left calf disabilities have been denied as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service.,His claim for migraine headaches has also been denied due to a lack of credible evidence showing that the condition was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Veteran's PTSD and CFS are currently rated at 70% and 20%, respectively. The Board has remanded the issues of increased ratings for these conditions.,The Veteran’s headache disability, right foot malleolus fracture, and bilateral eye disability have been granted service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for TBI and headaches due to incomplete compliance with prior remand directives. The issues are also inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and has remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU for the period prior to July 29, 2019.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right and left ankle disorders, lumbar spine disorder, sciatica, knee disorders, and headache disorder (migraines) due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran is asked to provide information about any relevant VA or private treatment.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have resulted in very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50% initial rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for service-connected migraine headaches, finding that they are not productive of characteristic prostrating attacks with a frequency of at least one every two months. The highest facet score was 1, resulting in a 10% disability rating for TBI residuals.