Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, headaches, and a psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for intervertebral disc syndrome, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, GERD, and headache disability were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for a new examination to address the Veteran's migraines, considering her service as a Persian Gulf veteran and potential toxic exposures.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for migraines and an earlier effective date of September 30, 2020, for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for migraines to obtain a medical opinion addressing conflicting evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's condition.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for the Veteran's migraines as they did not meet the criteria for characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to PTSD and sleep apnea as secondary to obesity caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus. The claims for service connection for bilateral hammertoe deformities and chronic headaches were remanded.

The Veteran's requests for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals were dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for 20 conditions including depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury, finding insufficient evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus. The Board remanded three conditions (back condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, and left leg condition) for further adjudication.

The Board dismissed the appeal for a rating higher than 30 percent for headaches and remanded claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders, traumatic brain injury, and gastroesophageal reflux disease to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's hearing loss does not meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation for migraines, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected headaches, as the evidence did not show that his attacks were very frequent and productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraines including migraine variants with headaches to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's migraine headache diagnosis is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected postoperative sinusitis with headaches, and to determine if there is a nexus between the Veteran's migraine diagnosis and toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 10, 2014, for the grant of service connection for migraines based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for chronic maxillary sinusitis with chronic sphenoidal sinusitis, deviated nasal septum and sinus headaches to obtain additional evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's sinusitis without the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and migraines due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Veteran's requests for extensions of time to file appeals from rating decisions that denied service connection were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for hypertension and service connection for various conditions, including amputations of toes, sleep apnea, migraines, sleep disturbances, and chronic fatigue syndrome.