Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have not been productive of very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, thus warranting a rating no higher than the currently assigned 30 percent.

The Veteran's migraine headache disability is not related to his service or any service-connected conditions, and the Board finds that he has failed to establish a nexus between his current condition and his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to schedule him for a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected neurological disability, pseudotumor cerebri.

Service connection for muscle fatigue, memory loss, joint pain (multiple), and headaches was denied.,Service connection for diabetes mellitus was granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to determine whether his National Guard service was federal or state in nature. The hearing loss disability claim is also being remanded as a new opinion is required from a VA audiologist.

The Board denied all issues on appeal, including entitlement to increased ratings for the dry eye syndrome and service connection claims for various shoulder, knee, and back disorders. The denial of new and material evidence in reopening left and right shoulder disorder claims was also upheld.

The Veteran's headaches are not found to be proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a retrospective medical opinion regarding the Veteran's employability due to his service-connected disabilities. The earlier effective date claim for TDIU is deferred pending resolution of the increased rating claims.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for an examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of her migraine headaches, including whether they are caused or aggravated by her service-connected cervical strain.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's claimed disabilities to his military service, and thus denied all of his claims for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for bilateral hearing loss and encephalalgia were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss from January 8, 2002, or for a rating in excess of 30 percent for encephalalgia from June 1, 2004.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete evidence and need for further examination.

The Veteran's migraine headaches, characterized by completely prostrating and prolonged attacks occurring three to four times a month prior to August 11, 2009, have been found to warrant a 50 percent rating.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he requested to withdraw his appeal regarding the increased evaluations for tinea versicolor and chronic headaches.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of whether he is unemployable.

The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches, secondary to service-connected hypertension, from March 2, 2006 was granted.,The effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches, secondary to service-connected hypertension, was set at August 31, 2000.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is evaluated at a 30 percent rating, which reflects occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks. The Veteran has not met the criteria for higher ratings.

The Veteran's cause of death, a cerebral vascular accident (CVA), is not related to his service or any service-connected disability. The appellant was granted TDIU benefits for accrued purposes based on her husband's pending claim at the time of his death.