Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including anxiety, PTSD, depression, high blood pressure, a stomach condition, both eyes disability, heart condition, and headaches, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and to perform additional development regarding participation in TERA.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the linear scar on the left side of the head and headaches, residuals of acoustic neuroma (also claimed as migraines), but remanded claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent prior to January 18, 2024, for major depressive disorder and a compensable rating prior to January 18, 2024, for headaches due to an outstanding duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted an effective date of January 11, 2021, for the award of service connection for migraines.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and related benefits, as no clear and unmistakable error was found in the prior rating decisions and the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions began during active service.

The Board remands the claims for increased disability evaluations for generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks and agoraphobia and migraines to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for acne, hemorrhoids, a lung condition, migraine headaches, and scars from acne due to insufficient evidence of current disabilities or a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, higher ratings, and service connection for various conditions, except for migraine including migraine variants and bilateral pterygium with significant dry eye keratopathy and early senile cataracts which were granted with specific effective dates.

The Board granted service connection for cervical dysplasia and headaches, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right hip disability.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and denied earlier effective dates for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The Board remands the claims for further development, including determining whether the Veteran's ship ventured within 12 nautical miles of the Vietnam coast and obtaining additional medical opinions to address the nature and etiology of the claimed conditions.

The appeal for service connection for a back disability was granted, while other issues were remanded. The Veteran's claim for chronic headaches was readjudicated favorably.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection were partially granted, with specific conditions receiving different effective dates.,The Veteran was awarded a total disability rating for PTSD starting October 28, 2020, and service connection for tinnitus, sinusitis, and migraine headaches starting April 1, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a chronic headaches condition and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection awards, finding that the appropriate effective date was May 4, 1998, when he first filed a claim specifically for a back disability.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and headache disability on a direct basis, as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need for additional development, including verification of toxic exposure risk activities and obtaining medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a headache disability to ensure compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not cause the level of impairment required for a higher rating.