Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened and granted. The remaining claims for low back condition, neck condition, headaches, and cold weather injury affecting the bilateral hands are pending.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches. The Board also finds that there is sufficient evidence to support a grant of service connection for neck, back, and bilateral forearm disabilities due to an in-service injury sustained during ACDUTRA duty.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and consideration of new evidence, including a review of the May 2004 VA medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right leg disability and headaches, finding no current evidence of these conditions. The claim for increased rating for hemorrhoids was also remanded.

The VA granted the TDIU claim effective from November 3, 1997. The appellant argued for an earlier effective date due to her long-term disability and unemployment since service discharge.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and consideration of his claims.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for her lower back disability was denied as the evidence did not show severe limitation of motion or ankylosis.,Her claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches, to include a rating in excess of 10 percent earlier than March 10, 2010, was also denied due to lack of sufficient functional impairment.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected sinusitis with polypoid mass and headaches is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examinations. The issues include rating claims for various disabilities, as well as service connection for shoulder disorders.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective date, increased rating, and service connection are denied. The appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's skin condition and headaches.

The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of service connection for headaches and hypertension. The Veteran's headaches were incurred in active military service and he does not have hypertension that was incurred in or aggravated during active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased disability ratings, finding that his claimed conditions were not established as incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to unclear relationship between current conditions and service, as well as potential aggravation of a pre-existing condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back, right arm and shoulder, left arm and shoulder, right hand and finger disorders as well as a rating in excess of 10 percent for anoxic encephalopathy with residual impairment of cognitive and cerebral function. The appeals were not about service connection at all.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have current disabilities of bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, tinnitus, or a perforated left ear drum for VA compensation purposes and there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left shoulder, back, face and nose scars, and migraine headaches are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.

The Veteran's dental conditions, including the loss of all upper teeth and headaches, are not attributable to in-service events or diseases. Service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for tension headaches and granted service connection. The Veteran also had his claim for a cervical spine disability related to an in-service injury accepted by the Board.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support granting higher disability ratings for her service-connected conditions.