Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination to evaluate his residuals of TBI.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been granted a 50% evaluation since April 10, 2014.,For the period prior to August 7, 2014, his lumbar spine disability was not manifested by ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine and thus did not warrant a higher than 20% evaluation. However, beginning on August 7, 2014, he is now in receipt of a 40% evaluation for this condition.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for all remaining issues, including those related to service connection and rating determinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current headaches are more likely than not related to his active duty service, including his service in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Veteran's service-connected headaches are manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks, resulting in severe economic inadaptability.

The Board has remanded the claims for entitlement to service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, memory loss, and migraine headaches due to additional development being necessary.

The Veteran meets the criteria for a total disability rating based on TDIU due to service-connected migraine headaches, prior to March 22, 2012. For the period from March 22, 2012, his combined ratings are sufficient to meet the requirements of TDIU.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for the initial ratings of major depression with PTSD, migraine headaches, vertigo, and left eye macular on retinal detachment, status post buckle procedure.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining Social Security Administration and VA treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches and numbness in the right forearm/fingertips has been denied as there is no current disability manifested by these conditions. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection on either a direct or secondary basis.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for appropriate VA examinations to assess his current severity of lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and headaches.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a chronic headache condition or heart murmur for VA purposes during the appeal period, and thus service connection cannot be granted.

The Board found that the Veteran's seizures, headaches, and hepatitis C are not related to service or any other factor. Service connection was denied for all three conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, especially his cluster headache disability, which requires oxygen treatment, do not meet the schedular criteria for award of a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a), but nonetheless are of such severity as to make him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable initial rating for service-connected headaches was denied prior to March 12, 2010. From March 12, 2010, the Veteran is granted an initial rating of 50 percent.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to appear for a scheduled hearing and the need to issue statements of the case for two issues.

The Board has granted service connection for fibromyalgia, headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, and a rash of the left forearm as due to undiagnosed illness in Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.

The Veteran's service-connected headache condition is granted a 50% rating, the maximum schedular rating available under Diagnostic Code 8100.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination regarding his migraine headaches and because of the inextricably intertwined nature of the TDIU issue. The case will be returned to the Board after further development.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disability, concluding that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his military service and is less likely than not incurred in or caused by service.