Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has reopened the claims for PTSD, hypertension, and right shoulder disability. The Veteran's current conditions are presumed to be related to service due to their onset within one year of discharge.

The Board has granted service connection for tension headaches, denied service connection for night tremors, granted increased disability ratings for lumbosacral strain and right ankle disability, and remanded the issues of TDIU and reopening of service connection for tension headaches.

The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tension headaches more closely approximate frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of economic inadaptability, warranting a 50% disability rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and medical inquiry, including obtaining addendum opinions from certain VA examiners.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current migraine headaches are related to his in-service parachute jump accident, which resulted in a TBI. The Veteran is granted service connection for these conditions.

The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and depression/anxiety, manifested by cold sweats, had its onset in service. The bilateral foot disability (pes planus and plantar fasciitis) was not incurred or aggravated by active service. The bilateral knee disability was not incurred in service, nor is it due to a service-connected disability. The hearing loss disability of either ear was not incurred in service. Tinnitus is presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable disability evaluation for tension headaches, and has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen his claim for service connection for a stomach condition. The Board also found no residuals of a head injury with blurry vision related to service. Finally, the Board concluded that there is insufficient evidence to award TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA medical examinations and federal records. The Veteran's claims of service connection for migraine headaches and seizure disorder are inextricably intertwined with her TDIU claim.

The Veteran's appeal was granted for service connection and a rating assigned for headaches, bilateral hearing loss, and gastrointestinal disorder. The issues of increased ratings for PTSD, DDD of the lumbar spine (including left lower extremity radiculopathy), and right shoulder rotator cuff and panlabral tear are still pending.

The Veteran's initial disability rating for migraine headaches is 30 percent, which is the maximum assigned under the applicable diagnostic code. The VA examiners found that his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation based on very frequent and prolonged attacks of prostrating headache pain.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including brain cyst, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, headaches, fibromyalgia, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, and bilateral tinnitus, preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a service-connected back disability, and thus denied his claim for service connection in this decision.

The Veteran's headaches, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and GERD have been granted increased evaluations. The sinusitis issue remains unresolved.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the service-connected migraine headaches, including consideration of whether they are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board has determined that the VA examinations and opinions are inadequate for the issues of PTSD, arthritis of the neck, low back, and left side, cervical radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, right knee disability, headaches, hearing loss, a disability to account for joint and body aches, and sore throat. The claims are being remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran incurred a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during service and granted service connection for residuals of TBI, other than headaches.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for issuance of a statement of the case regarding his right eye vision disability and headaches as secondary to a right eye disability. The issues are intertwined, so both must be addressed together.

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating for residuals of a fractured mandible was denied. The Board found that the symptoms, including jaw and facial pain, lip numbness and paresthesia, headaches, limitation of intra-incisal motion, and impaired masticatory function, are contemplated by other service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's headaches are related to his service-connected blepharitis with meibomian gland dysfunction, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.