Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for headaches and memory and concentration problems, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected chronic fatigue. The appeals were reopened based on new evidence, and both issues have been remanded multiple times.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of his current symptoms and whether they are related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including depressive disorder with psychotic features, sleep apnea, migraines, lumbar spine degenerative changes, right knee injuries, and hypertension, render him housebound or in need of aid and attendance. The case is REMANDED for further development.

The Veteran's headaches, low back disability, and skin disability are not related to his military service. The Veteran does have a skin disability that is related to his service.

The Veteran is unemployable due to service-connected disabilities, and the Board has determined that a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) should be granted.

The Veteran's current internal hemorrhoids have been granted service connection. The issue of service connection for headaches remains unresolved as the evidence is insufficient to determine a nexus with service.

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for dysthymia with insomnia and entitlement to service connection for generalized headaches. The claim for right hip disorder and left hip disorder were also granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including clarification of the appellant's purported stressors and a VA psychiatric examination. The claim will be reconsidered based on the additional evidence.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for PTSD and migraine headaches was denied. The Board also found that the Veteran did not timely file a notice of disagreement regarding an earlier effective date assigned in January 2002 for his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's schizophrenia is presumed to have been incurred in service and he is granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including those related to his Gulf War service and undiagnosed illnesses, are granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there was no evidence of a current disability or an in-service injury that could be linked to the claimed conditions. The Board also noted that the Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of eczema due to herbicide exposure, and his headaches were found to be related to PTSD.

The Veteran is seeking TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities. The Board has referred the claim to the RO for development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and arranging for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected conditions render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has granted service connection for coronary artery disease, finding it related to herbicide exposure in service. The Veteran's claims for other conditions are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inconsistencies in the service records and the need to verify the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a grant of service connection for left ear hearing loss, and the Veteran's current left ear hearing loss disability was not shown during service or within one year after separation. The VA examinations did not find a causal relationship between his current left ear hearing loss and military service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were consistent with characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once per month during the period from April 10, 2000 through March 1, 2006.,VA examinations conducted outside the rating period at issue did not provide sufficient information to assess the severity of the Veteran's migraine headaches for this time frame.

The Board found that there is equally probative medical and lay evidence for and against the Veteran's claims, thus resolving all reasonable doubt in his favor. The Board concluded that his migraines and vertigo are due to injuries incurred in service.

The Veteran's claimed conditions, including pain of the knees, ankles, feet, hands (including fingers), chronic fatigue, upper respiratory symptoms, and headaches, are not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing their onset during active duty or being attributable to a known clinical diagnosis.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic headaches was denied. The July 2000 rating decision denying the hyperopia, extropia, and amblyopia of the eyes claims is final.