Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate examination reports and missing VA treatment records.

The Veteran's headaches prior to May 1, 2010 did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating as they were not manifested by prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and major depression have been granted. The claim for service connection on the merits has also been reopened.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disability and a headache, finding that these conditions are secondary to the Veteran's hemorrhoids. The rating assigned is 10%.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and providing an updated examination.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for a neck disability, headaches, and Meniere's disease/a disability manifested by dizziness. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to address these claims.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are related to his active service, and the Board has granted entitlement to service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and opinion regarding the etiology of his current migraines.

The April 1990 administrative decision regarding the motorcycle accident was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of head injury has been denied as new and material evidence was not received within one year, and his psychiatric disorder is associated with a non-service-connected condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and a heart disorder (including atherosclerotic heart disease) are granted. The claim for an increased rating for tinnitus is dismissed.

The Veteran's migraines are found to be secondary to his service-connected cervical degenerative disc disease, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been rated at the highest possible level of 50 percent, based on very frequent prostrating and prolonged attacks causing severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for his headaches was denied as the evidence did not show that he experienced characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine or non-migraine headache pain.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for a scalp laceration scar was granted, but service connection for residuals of a head injury and headaches were denied.

The Veteran's headaches, rated at 50 percent since January 6, 2014, are found to be very frequent and severe enough to prevent him from obtaining or maintaining employment.

The Veteran's headaches due to undiagnosed illness are rated at 30 percent prior to February 23, 2009, and at 50 percent beginning February 23, 2009.

The Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, including severe headaches and postoperative residuals. The Board granted a TDIU rating based on the combined evaluation of these conditions.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have not been manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, so a higher rating than 30 percent is denied.

The Veteran has withdrawn all issues on appeal, including service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and Epstein Barr Virus.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hearing loss, right and left knee disorders, a ganglion cyst of the left wrist, a right wrist disorder, and migraine headaches. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service.