Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's headaches were not incurred or aggravated during active duty service, or caused or aggravated by any service-connected disability.

The Board found no service connection for the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and denied an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for traumatic headaches.

The veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are of such severity as to preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment, and the Board grants a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board has granted service connection for tension headaches and assigned a 10 percent rating effective from August 3, 2000. The other claims of service connection remain pending.

The Board has denied service connection for fatigue, flu-like symptoms, and skin rash due to undiagnosed illness. Service connection is pending for headaches and dizziness.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50% due to significant impairment in social and occupational functioning, but the other conditions are not service-connected.

The Board has granted a 20% evaluation for hypertension since March 1, 1998. The veteran's headaches are being remanded to determine if they are related to his service-connected hypertension.

The Board has granted a higher (50 percent) evaluation for the veteran's headaches, effective from November 4, 1999.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, dysthymic disorder, joint and muscle pain, diarrhea, fatigue, respiratory condition (clogged head), memory loss, headaches, and sleep disorder. The decision found that there was no evidence of a diagnosed PTSD or other chronic conditions related to Gulf War service.

The case is being remanded for additional development and assistance to the veteran, including obtaining pertinent VA and private medical records and scheduling appropriate VA special examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for frontal headaches, pseudotumor cerebral, post-operative (claimed as fluid on the brain surgery) because no new and material evidence was submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, left knee disability, deviated septum, and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disorders. The decision also noted that the veteran's claim for increased rating of his temporomandibular dysfunction with headaches was granted.

The veteran's service-connected tension headaches are manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50% evaluation.

The Board has ordered the RO to obtain additional medical records and conduct examinations to determine if the veteran's current disabilities are related to his active service, including a jeep accident in Germany.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 50 percent, which reflects significant impairment but not total occupational and social impairment. The other conditions (hearing loss and headaches) are not considered service connected.

The veteran's service-connected post-concussion syndrome, manifested by chronic headaches, was increased from a non-compensable rating to a 10 percent rating effective June 21, 2000.

The case is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and restoration of his evaluation for postoperative residuals of septorhinoplasty are pending.

The Board has determined that the veteran's headaches are not related to his service-connected conditions and therefore denied secondary service connection for headaches.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus with headaches remains in limbo as the appeal is not about this condition. The Board has reopened his claim for a left knee disability secondary to his service-connected postoperative left ankle fracture, but denied an increased evaluation for his current 10% rating for the postoperative left ankle fracture.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the appellant's residuals of a left frontal sinusotomy and osteoplasty with removal of mucocele, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on incapacitating episodes or non-incapacitating episodes.