Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records from SSA and scheduling VA examinations to determine if the Veteran currently has residuals of a head injury, headaches, tinnitus, or a psychiatric disorder. The claims will be readjudicated after this development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and memory loss, finding that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by his active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to a request for a videoconference hearing. The Veteran's claims for service connection and rating increases remain pending.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine disorder and stomach disorder, finding that new and material evidence has been received. The Veteran is now entitled to a de novo review of these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including scoliosis, a low back disability, bilateral foot and leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, migraines, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus. The decision found that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for low back disorder, hypertension, and headaches as the evidence did not show a relationship to active duty.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity so as to preclude substantially gainful employment, and she is therefore entitled to a TDIU rating.

The Board has granted service connection for aortic insufficiency, finding that the Veteran's heart valve disorder manifested to at least mild severity within one year of separation from active duty. The remaining issues on appeal (headaches, eye disorders, and skin disorders) are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's headaches are rated at 30 percent since November 12, 2004. His left maxillary sinusitis is also rated at 30 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches, finding that they are proximately due to or the result of a service-connected bipolar disorder. The left knee disability is not addressed as it was not on appeal.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, left ear hearing loss, right elbow tendonitis, and arthritis. The Veteran's current conditions are presumed to be related to his military service due to the presence of new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, the highest available rating under the applicable criteria. The Board finds that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they do not meet the criteria for very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including verification of stressor events and obtaining VA treatment records. He also needs to undergo examinations for his claimed psychiatric disability, headaches, hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbar spine disorder, stress fractures of the ankles, and stress fractures of the feet.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of her muscle tension headaches and hip disorders, as well as determining whether any current hip conditions are related to service or secondary to her back disorder.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render her unemployable, as she is currently employed in an administrative/personnel capacity.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine and muscle contraction headaches associated with it are being remanded to obtain additional VA and private treatment records, as well as SSA records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a request to reschedule his videoconference hearing. The claims for service connection will be handled in an expeditious manner.

The Veteran's disability manifested by migraine headaches is not due to disease or injury that was incurred in or aggravated by service; nor is it proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings were granted, with the effective date being determined based on individual issue determinations.,For chronic lumbar strain with mild facet arthropathy and mild degenerative disc disease, a rating of 20 percent was assigned from September 27, 2010.