Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss and remanded several claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent disabling for service-connected tension headaches to provide the Veteran with a VA examination to determine the severity of her tension headaches, discounting the ameliorative effects of any medication.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left shoulder strain, sinusitis, headaches, and asthma.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The Board remands the case for the pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing the Veteran with the higher level review requested in June 2024.

The Board granted effective dates of May 31, 2023, for the awards of a 10 percent disability rating for rhinitis and a 50 percent disability rating for migraines. The award of service connection for urinary incontinence was denied an earlier effective date.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, sleep apnea, and migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issue of whether the Veteran is entitled to a separate compensable evaluation for a headache disorder due to an inadequate statement of reasons and bases regarding this issue.

The Board granted service connection for voiding dysfunction and prostate cancer residuals status post prostatectomy with an effective date of August 4, 2020, but denied the same for ethmoidal sinusitis. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea and a headache disability were also denied.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding a continuous symptomatology since an in-service injury and a competent nexus to service.

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss, migraine headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were dismissed due to a lack of timely notice of disagreement.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 26, 2021, for the Veteran's migraine headaches at a rating of 30 percent, but no higher.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's headaches are due to or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, fatigue, neurobehavioral effects (including mood), unspecified depressive disorder, hypertension, migraines, and degenerative disc disease. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.

The Board restored the 50% rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and the 70% rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the reductions were improper. The claim for a disability rating in excess of 50% for migraines was denied.

The Board denied service connection for deviated septum and dismissed the appeals for separate compensable rating for headaches, rating in excess of 10 percent for pansinusitis and frontal sinusitis, rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis, and service connection for right ankle strain due to procedural issues.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for chronic headaches and denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for depression secondary to chronic headaches was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and Panic Disorder with General Anxiety Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder.