Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and service connection for right trigeminal neuralgia, while remanding the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for GERD, finding it to be caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board also granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines and tension headaches, as they have caused very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches prior to June 15, 2022, and granted a 50 percent rating from that date.

The Board denied the claims for a compensable rating for hypertension, an increased rating for a left ankle disability, service connection for chronic headaches and a neck injury, and remanded several other claims including service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of traumatic brain injury, erectile dysfunction, respiratory disability, right knee disability, and skin condition affecting the feet.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the evaluations of various service-connected disabilities and denied eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's migraines are directly related to his service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 25, 2014, for service connection for migraine headaches and a 30 percent rating from that date. The claim for a higher initial rating was denied.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a rating in excess of 10 percent disabling for tinnitus was dismissed, while the claims for service connection for intestinal polyps, headaches, an earlier effective date for hearing loss, and ratings higher than 10 percent for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss were denied. The Board also remanded several other claims including hypertension, psychiatric disability, TBI, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, headaches, a neck disorder, an upper back disorder, a lower back disorder, and a left arm disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities during the appeal period.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for generalized headaches, secondary to service-connected tinnitus, on a causation basis.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.

The Board granted service connection for disability manifested by dizziness and unsteadiness, headaches, and diplopia, secondary to now service-connected disability manifested by dizziness and unsteadiness.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, traumatic brain injury (TBI), seizures, neurocognitive disorder, and headache disorder to obtain a new VA examination and opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, migraines, GERD, hypothyroidism, and hemorrhoids but granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from April 15, 2019.

The Board granted a separate 30 percent disability rating for homonymous hemianopsia and a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches, while denying an increased rating for hypertension. The Veteran was also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a rating of 30 percent prior to August 1, 2023, and the claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent was denied from that date onward. The TDIU claim was also denied.

The Board granted a 10 percent initial rating for the Veteran's headache condition prior to November 12, 2020. The left knee condition issue was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for migraines and plantar warts, finding that the current ratings accurately reflect the severity of these conditions.