Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The veteran's headaches are found to be service-connected.

The Board denied the appellant's claims of service connection for lumbar spine, cervical spine, headache, urinary, and brain disorders due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, left knee disorder, headaches, and tinnitus are well-grounded. However, due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to service or any incident therein, the claims have been denied.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for headaches and found that the appellant's hypertension warrants an increased rating. The claim for service connection of a vision disorder is also granted, but no effective date was assigned as it is based on new evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for his symptoms due to an undiagnosed illness is being remanded for additional development, including a hematologic examination and clarification of the relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and the veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board denied a compensable original disability rating for chronic headaches as the medical evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine headaches averaging one in two months over the last several months.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right and left shoulder disabilities, a back disability, ulcers, and headaches. The RO previously denied these claims on multiple occasions without the submission of new and material evidence.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for respiratory disease, retropatellar pain syndrome, residuals of a head injury, and headaches. The claim for PTSD is granted.

The Board found no evidence of chronic conditions related to service for the claimed disabilities and thus denied all claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastrointestinal bleeding, hypertension, bilateral knee replacement, diabetes mellitus, and headaches. The evidence did not establish a direct link between these conditions and his military service.

The veteran's service-connected chronic recurrent headaches are rated as 10 percent disabling. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating due to lack of prostrating attacks characteristic of migraines.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection for defective hearing, tinnitus, residuals of a head injury, headaches, and residuals of a left lower extremity injury are not well-grounded as there is no competent evidence showing these conditions had their onset during or were otherwise related to military service.

The Board has ordered a new medical opinion and remanded the case for further development, including reviewing all relevant evidence to determine if service connection should be granted for tension headaches.

The veteran's claim for an increased initial rating for his headaches, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling, has been denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The veteran's tinea cruris was found to have its onset in service and is granted service connection. The claim for headaches, fatigue, insomnia, and syncopal episodes is not well-grounded as there are no objective indicators of an undiagnosed illness. Service connection for neck pain is also granted due to a diagnosed condition.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for migraine headaches has been denied as there is no evidence of prostrating attacks or significant impairment.

The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent for the veteran's residuals of a head injury to include dementia and ice pick headaches, effective from August 29, 1997.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the veteran's evaluation for service-connected migraine headaches with vision condition from 10 percent to noncompensable, effective March 1, 1997, was proper.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder, low back disorder, kidney disorder (claimed as hematuria), prostate disorder, lung disorder, and migraine headaches. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board found that the veteran's current disability associated with headaches is related to a head injury sustained during his second period of active service in July 1990, and granted service connection for this condition.