Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic stomach condition has been reopened, and his migraine headaches have been granted an increased rating to 50 percent.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the AOJ for additional development, including providing a videoconference hearing.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches with loss of vision, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by or a result of his service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, effective July 24, 2006. The Board has also granted a TDIU for the period from February 18, 2012 to January 2013.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and development of her employment status. The Board will re-adjudicate the TDIU claim based on the new evidence.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for traumatic brain injury and a sleep disorder were withdrawn. The Board granted higher ratings for right and left knee disabilities, including scars.,Headaches prior to June 20, 2014 are rated at 30 percent.

The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically headaches and depression, contributed substantially and materially to his death. As such, the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for headaches and left eye disability due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations. The case is now pending for further development.

The Veteran's migraines are rated at 30 percent effective April 26, 2012. The rating for chest pain remains at zero percent.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded due to inadequate examination records and the need for updated treatment records. The case will be adjudicated again after these are obtained.

The Veteran's initial evaluation for residuals of TBI, manifested by headaches is denied. However, a separate evaluation of 10 percent for tinnitus is granted.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of his migraines and consideration of entitlement to TDIU. The case will be referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular TDIU consideration.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination of his PTSD and efforts to obtain private treatment records. The issue of TDIU will be readjudicated after the development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, combined, result in such severity as to render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for further consideration of his claims, including the evaluation of headaches and service connection effective date. The case will be returned to the Board after any necessary development.

The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions and issues, including cervical spine or neck condition, thoracolumbar spine or back condition, bilateral eye disorder, irritable bowel syndrome and GERD, prostate condition with incontinence, recurring skin lesions and sores, migraine headaches, insomnia, anxiety and depression, and temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ). The appeal is being remanded for further action.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been rated as noncompensable since October 1, 2008. After a review of all evidence, the Board finds that her condition warrants a 30 percent evaluation due to characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the last several months.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, a headache disability, and TBI. The case is being remanded for additional development including obtaining medical records and scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations.

The Veteran's residuals of a head injury and headache disorder were found to be related to his active military service, resulting in the grant of service connection for these conditions.