Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board found that the Veteran's chronic tension and headaches are not related to his service, including a head injury during service. The medical evidence does not support a finding of any relationship between the claimed disability and the Veteran's service.

The Board has remanded the claim for a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability due to additional development being required.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The RO should clarify his representation status and schedule him for a hearing at the earliest available opportunity.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further examination and consideration of her claims, including service connection for depression.

The Board has determined that further development of the evidence is required before the claims can be adjudicated. The Veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities are being remanded to the RO.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches and reopened the claim of service connection for depression. The Veteran's current headache disability is found to be related to his in-service trauma, while his depression is linked to his ongoing treatment.

The Veteran's current headaches had their onset in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The other issues are pending further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's mixed-type headaches are attributable to service and grants her claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance or being housebound is remanded due to inadequate examination reports. The claims file must be reviewed, and an additional VA examination is needed to determine the current severity of his service-connected disabilities and whether he requires aid and attendance or is housebound as a result.

The Veteran's migraines were found to be productive of severe economic inadaptability beginning February 17, 2011. The maximum schedular rating of 50 percent is granted for this period.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination and reviewing the claims file to ensure all necessary actions have been taken.

The Veteran's service connection claim for a neck disability, manifested by chronic headaches, loss of feeling in the left hand and right hand, and loss of feeling in the left foot and right foot, was granted. The Veteran's service connection claim for a hernia was denied. A rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, effective from December 8, 2010, was granted. The Veteran's TDIU rating claim is pending.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hepatitis C and migraine headaches, as well as whether these conditions are related to service-connected PTSD.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neck/cervical spine disorder characterized by pain, including as secondary to his service-connected muscle tension headaches.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection of a cervical spine disorder, back disorder, or headache disorder. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding any such disorders are related to military service.

The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability since January 15, 2007. The claims for increased ratings of his right and left knee disabilities, as well as for initial compensable rating for residuals of tonsillectomy, have been denied.

The Veteran's headaches, which are now rated at 50 percent disabling, have become more frequent and severe, requiring bedrest in a dark room for more than half of her episodes. Her degenerative spondyloarthritis of the lumbar spine also worsened, affecting her ability to engage in physical or sedentary employment.

The Board found that the Veteran's chronic headaches are not related to his active duty service and denied reopening of his previously denied claim for a skin disorder due to exposure to Agent Orange.

The Veteran seeks to reopen his claims for service connection for various conditions, including left ankle disorder, headaches, back disorder, depression, bilateral foot disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension. The RO previously denied these claims in January 2003 due to lack of evidence linking the conditions to service or showing current diagnoses.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury. However, the claim is denied as there is no competent or credible evidence linking current headaches or brain anomalies noted on imaging examination to active service or the head injury during service.