Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied an increased evaluation for residuals of a head injury with headaches, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 8045.

The veteran's claims for service connection for skin rash, non-specific gastritis, and headaches as due to undiagnosed illness are not well grounded. His claims for direct service connection for ear condition, prostate nodule, and actinic keratoses are also not well grounded.

The veteran's chronic and severe headaches are rated at a 10 percent evaluation, the highest non-compensable rating available.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for migraine headaches, a left ear injury with hearing loss, and a scar over the right eye. They also denied his secondary service connection claims for obesity and residuals from injuries sustained in October 1964, November 1975, November 1981, and September 1986.

The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 80 percent for the veteran's epilepsy with headaches, effective from August 31, 1994. The claim for an earlier effective date is denied.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for adhesive capsulitis of the right shoulder, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, duodenal ulcer disease, cervical spine disability, and a disorder of the right hand characterized as numbness, ulnar nerve. The rating assigned is 20% for lumbosacral strain.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his head trauma with migraine headaches is granted, and he is now rated at 30 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, the residuals of a back injury, and headaches, depression, ulcers, stomach problems, and anxiety attacks due to lack of competent medical evidence establishing these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to secondary service connection for headaches is well grounded and granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to service and thus denied her claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his headache disorder and low back disability, as well as service connection for joint pain, muscle soreness, aches, weakness, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and skin rash due to undiagnosed illnesses. The evidence did not support an evaluation greater than 10 percent for headaches or a rating greater than 20 percent for the low back disability.

The Board has granted an increased rating to 30 percent for the service-connected post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the cervical spine with wedging of C5, effective from March 1998. The veteran's headaches are rated at 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 8045.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected residuals of a head injury with headaches and anxiety was denied by the VA Regional Office.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder disability, asthma, and chronic sinusitis. The rating assigned for right shoulder disability is 20 percent. Service connection for migraine headaches and organic disability manifested by chronic abdominal pain remains in controversy.

The veteran's claims for service connection for vestibulitis, claimed as an ear disorder and vertigo, headaches, joint pain, and stomach disorder are granted.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection due to undiagnosed illnesses were not well grounded and denied them.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that none of them were well-grounded and thus not supported by competent medical evidence.

The Board granted the appellant's claims for service connection for a headache disorder and an increase in evaluation for his PTSD. The right knee and left knee disabilities are not well-grounded as there is no evidence of current disability.

Service connection is granted for blood in the urine as a symptom of an undiagnosed Persian Gulf War-related illness.,Service connection is denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension, dizziness and loss of balance, tearing eyes, decreased function of the lungs, fluid draining from the ears, memory loss, chronic pain (other than lower back pain), lower back pain, and headaches as they are not service-connected or related to an undiagnosed Persian Gulf War-related illness.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current headaches and dizziness to a head injury sustained during service, thus denying his claim for service connection.