Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board found no credible evidence of an in-service assault and denied service connection for residuals of a head injury and psychiatric disorder, concluding that the Veteran's symptoms are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, PTSD, and migraine headaches have been granted. He is now rated at the highest possible rating (100%) for his PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings and service connection are still pending.

The Veteran's current tension-type headaches are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected disabilities, including the medications required for those disabilities.

The Board found that the Veteran's chronic headaches were not incurred or aggravated by service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a traumatic brain injury was not supported by evidence showing a current disability, and that his headaches were more likely due to depression rather than his in-service head trauma.

The Board has granted a higher evaluation of 40 percent for TMJ syndrome, effective from June 24, 2008. The claim for service connection for migraines was reopened and is now pending on the merits.

The Veteran's headaches, as a residual of his TBI in service, are granted.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted as his migraines do not result in severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for PTSD and tension type headaches are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.

The Board granted service connection for Crohn's disease and found that the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune was related to his current condition. The other conditions were not shown to be directly related to service or due to exposure to contaminated water.

The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and consideration of his service connection claims.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee and granted it. The Veteran is not entitled to service connection for GERD, left wrist tendinitis, right wrist tendinitis, spurs and ununited fracture of the left ankle, spurs of the right ankle, or muscle tension headaches as they are not related to his active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a psychiatric disability, headaches, sarcoidosis with restrictive lung disease, and TDIU. The claim for an earlier effective date for nonservice-connected pension benefits was granted.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have been manifested by symptoms occurring, on average, three to four times per week. The disability has not resulted in very frequent completely prostrating attacks with prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's service-connected migraines headaches are manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50 percent disability rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for headaches, finding that his mild, episodic headaches were not related to his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and consideration, including obtaining an opinion on whether service-connected PTSD aggravated hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches has been granted, with a current rating of 10 percent. The service connection for the painful joint condition remains unchanged as it is determined to be direct in nature.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in an employment handicap, and therefore she does not meet the criteria for vocational rehabilitation benefits under Chapter 31 of Title 38 U.S.C.A.