Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to a change in the law regarding veterans' claims assistance, and the need for additional development of evidence.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to issues related to service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, head injuries, and a low back disorder. The appeal is not about service connection via the PACT Act or other presumptive conditions.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, which is the maximum schedular evaluation available.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for migraine headaches, depressive disorder, memory loss, and joint aches of the knees and elbows are not legally meritorious as they do not meet the criteria for service connection due to an undiagnosed illness. The symptoms have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied as her conditions are not related to her military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including hypertension, heart disease, PTSD, ocular disability, diarrhea, sinus problems, skin rashes, joint pains, nerve problems in the legs, leg cramps, burning feet, paralysis of the left side of the face, left hand and wrist injury, headaches, and tinnitus were denied. The Board found that these conditions did not manifest during service or are otherwise related to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his post traumatic headache disorder, but did not address or decide the other service connection claims.

The veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is denied because there is no competent evidence that his current vision loss, headaches, and numbness of the left face and head are related to his March 1991 VA eye surgery.

The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's PTSD with chronic tension headaches, finding that his symptoms meet criteria for a 50 percent rating but not higher.

The veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to VA treatment in 1994 and 1995, and the Board finds that compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected fibrous dysplasia, sphenoid sinus, and headaches.

The Board has remanded the case due to newly enacted legislation and procedural considerations, including the need for VA medical examinations to determine the etiology of current hypertension, heart condition, migraine headaches, blocked arteries, and any psychiatric disorders. The veteran's claims for service connection are also pending.

The Board dismissed the appeal because a timely substantive appeal was not filed within the required time frame.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for post traumatic encephalopathy with left homonymous hemianopsia and headaches is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and records. The issue of TDIU is not properly before the Board on this appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current left knee impairment and her service connection claim for this condition is denied. The claims of entitlement to service connection for back pain and migraine headaches are also denied as there is no competent evidence of these conditions during or after service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, so the case is dismissed without prejudice.

The veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than May 22, 1998 for the award of a 50 percent disability rating for post-concussion syndrome with recurrent headaches is being remanded due to incomplete records from VA facilities in Washington and Alaska.

The VA denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a skull fracture, characterized as headaches, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed headache disorder is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a T-6 compression fracture warrant an increased evaluation to 60 percent, effective from August 18, 1992.