Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected recurrent headaches, finding that the frequency and severity of his headaches warrant this rating.

The veteran's service-connected tension and migraine headaches are currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that they do not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities were denied due to inadequate examination findings.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection and compensation for a right great toe disorder, a left great toe disorder, and migraine headaches was denied as there is no evidence of an earlier formal or informal claim within the year following her discharge from active duty.

The veteran's muscle contraction headaches are rated as noncompensable (0 percent) due to the lack of evidence of completely prostrating attacks.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection have been remanded due to procedural errors and the need for additional development.

The Board granted a 30% evaluation for the veteran's migraine headaches prior to January 19, 1999 and denied an increased rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are denied as there is no evidence of hypertension meeting the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable regulations, and the other conditions do not meet the requirements for direct service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's petitions to reopen his claims of service connection for headaches and a nervous disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted sufficient to reopen these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, severe depression, blackout spells, dizziness, headaches, and blurred vision. The right knee disability claim was also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran is unemployable due to multiple disabilities, including chronic lumbar syndrome and degenerative joint disease. The evidence shows he suffers from a combination of conditions that prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that the October 1959 decision severing service connection for psychoneurosis, anxiety, manifested by headaches was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis, weakness of the left arm, headaches, residuals of a stress fracture of the left foot, right knee strain, and left ankle strain are denied as there is no current evidence of these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for dizziness, backaches, and headaches due to undiagnosed illness. The claims were not reopened for residuals of an abortion.

The veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50% effective January 2, 2001. The low back disability with left leg radiculopathy is rated at 40%. The tender scar of the right breast remains at 10%. These ratings reflect the severity and impact on the veteran's daily life.

The veteran's undifferentiated somatoform disorder, anxiety attacks, and stress fracture of the right leg are rated at 10 percent each. The veteran is granted a rating in excess of zero percent for migraine headaches.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between the veteran's presbyopia and headaches, which he claims are related to his service, specifically an injury sustained in April 1979. The preponderance of evidence does not support these claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a cervical strain with right upper extremity weakness and headaches are reasonably related to service, granting his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for various symptoms as chronic disabilities resulting from an undiagnosed illness have been denied.

The veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for his service-connected status-post traumatic brain injury with residual memory loss, headaches and decreased motor skills, right side, is denied due to the need for a current VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that his suicide was not due to a service-connected disability and thus denying the claim.