Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran is unemployable due to service-connected cluster headaches, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic headache disorder is a result of aggravation during service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service-connected bladder trauma with neurogenic bladder and hydronephrosis is manifested by awakening to void five or more times per night, warranting a 40% disability rating.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge. The claims of increased rating for headaches and service connection for a jaw injury resulting in trauma to teeth numbers 24, 25, 30, and 31 are pending.

The Veteran's claims for stomach cramps, right hand disorder, joint tenderness, blurred vision, left side chest pain, and headaches are denied as there is no competent medical evidence of a current disability or link to service.,There is no diagnosed chronic condition related to the claimed disorders in question. The Veteran has not provided any credible evidence that her current conditions are related to her military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for chronic headaches, finding that his suboccipital neuralgia did not manifest during active service or within a presumptive period and was not related to any incident of service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, headaches, sleeplessness, and chronic fatigue have been granted. The appeals are based on direct evidence of a current disability that is related to active service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraine headaches and bilateral pinguecula are not related to his military service or a service-connected disability, thus denying both claims.

The Veteran's headaches, bilateral knee disability, and residuals of ankle sprains are all found to be service-connected.

The Veteran's claim for headaches is pending. The rating for residuals of a healed fracture of the right fibula was granted at 20% from July 28, 2003 to August 15, 2007 and denied thereafter.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for multiple spine and headache disabilities, including a herniated disc at L5-S1 level. The case must be remanded to obtain VA examinations and additional medical records, and to clarify the nature of his claims.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have not met the criteria for a higher initial disability rating.,For the entire period of initial rating appeal, the Veteran's service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis has not met the criteria for a compensable initial disability rating.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability was rated at 20 percent, and his right knee disability warranted a combined rating of 20 percent. Both conditions were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to incomplete medical opinions and further development is needed.

The Board found no current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and thus denied service connection for all issues.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination for his headaches and for the AOJ to request SSA records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including residuals of a head injury, postural vertigo, memory loss, and headaches, are not related to service. The evidence does not show continuity of symptomatology from any incident of service.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher initial evaluation for his service-connected headaches, as residual of head injury, was granted by the RO in April 2007 with an effective date of April 6, 2007. The case is now before the Board again to consider further development and potential earlier effective dates.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected headaches, long-term memory loss, sudden flashes, positional dizziness and right eye excessive tearing was granted by the RO. However, since the Veteran has died, the Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with the appeal.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of dental trauma and a headache disability, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the previously denied claims.