Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension secondary to PTSD, and migraine headaches secondary to PTSD due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The claims will be addressed again with additional medical opinions.

The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine disability, but the other issues on appeal are remanded.

The Veteran's headache disability is rated at the maximum schedular rating of 50 percent, which corresponds to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran meets the schedular requirements for a TDIU rating and has been unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities, including his generalized anxiety disorder with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), back disability, shoulder disability, headache disability, and hemorrhoid disability.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, headaches, OSA, and polyarthralgia and joint pain. The case is REMANDED to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the nature and likely cause of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for recurrent headaches, respiratory/pulmonary problems, heart condition (coronary artery disease), hypertension, circulatory condition, and skin condition due to insufficient translations of medical records and inadequate VA examinations. The Veteran's service connection claims are also remanded.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and migraine headaches. The remaining issues of service connection for lumbosacral spine disability, cervical spine disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction are remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at a non-compensable level, but the Board has granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis and headaches due to insufficient evidence regarding his exposure to hazardous materials in service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of grenade blast and migraine headaches have been granted. The Veteran experienced a grenade blast injury in service, resulting in shrapnel injuries to his face and current migraines that are linked to the deviated septum from the grenade blast.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for migraine headaches is remanded due to changes in his reported frequency of headaches since the last VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to November 7, 2018 for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches and right shoulder osteoarthritic changes associated with left shoulder tendonitis are denied.

The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines, and no higher rating can be granted.,Service connection for OSA has been established based on evidence showing that it likely began during service.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches, finding that the evidence is in equipoise and thus must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, and the Board has granted service connection for headaches. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to have started during service and has continued since then.,Service connection for bacterial sinusitis with rhinitis is granted, as the evidence is at least in equipoise that it began during service.,Right knee osteoarthritis is granted on reopening of a previously denied claim.,Migraine headaches are granted on reopening of a previously denied claim.,Bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis is granted on reopening of a previously denied claim.,Service connection for right ear hearing loss is established as the evidence supports its onset during service.,Cervical strain with degenerative joint disease is found to be related to service.,Lumbosacral strain with thoracolumbar spine osteoarthritis is found to be related to service.

The Board has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral wrist, eye, and migraine headaches disabilities. The cases are being remanded for further development regarding his knee, spine, toe frostbite, and chest pain issues.

The Veteran's claims of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for various conditions are remanded due to the need for a medical opinion addressing whether these conditions resulted from events not reasonably foreseeable as a result of VA treatment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and therefore the claim for TDIU is denied.