Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, and traumatic brain injury.

The Board remands all claims for a VA examination to determine the relationship between each claimed disability and service or another service-connected condition.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current disability had its clinical onset during military service.

The Veteran was granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and headaches, effective April 5, 2021, but denied earlier effective dates for his right hip disabilities.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder and remanded the claims for service connection for a left eye condition and headaches.

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, and remanded other issues.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain and denied service connection for hearing loss, while remanding claims for migraine headaches and left upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted a schedular rating of 50 percent, but no higher, for migraine headaches due to the Veteran's very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining pertinent VA treatment records from 2012-2015.

The Board granted service connection for non-erosive gastropathy and tension headaches, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C. An earlier effective date than November 6, 2006, was denied.

The Board denied readjudication of entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC), but remanded the claims for service connection for a mental health disability and headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and a left ankle disability to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for essential left-hand tremors, essential right-hand tremors, restless left leg syndrome, restless right leg syndrome, and tension headaches as further development is needed.

The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability prior to April 28, 2020, and denied earlier effective dates for DEA benefits. The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent disability rating for migraines effective July 1, 2023, but denied ratings in excess of the assigned levels for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, an initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, but denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), traumatic brain injury (TBI), a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, and a higher rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, and an unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for thunderclap migraines and remanded the claims for increased ratings for left and right hip disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for migraines, as well as for an increased rating and earlier effective date for acne.

The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for migraine headaches and a 30 percent evaluation for chronic sinusitis, while remanding the issue of entitlement to TDIU.