Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including high cholesterol, hypertension, and various musculoskeletal issues, as well as a compensable rating for acne vulgaris and migraine.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable disability rating for headaches and a minimum compensable disability rating for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 to ensure that the AOJ conducts additional evidentiary development, including obtaining any outstanding relevant records and an additional medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to the need for additional VA examinations.

The Board remands the claim for a secondary service connection for migraines to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for a headache disability to correct a duty to assist error, specifically to obtain additional medical opinions addressing secondary service connection.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes, hypertension, renal cancer, and erectile dysfunction but remanded claims for a headache disorder, sinus disorder, and stuttering. The denial was based on the lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for a respiratory condition (diagnosed as asthma) and an initial 30 percent disability rating for service-connected migraine headaches, while denying service connection for kidney disease (left kidney).

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to address the inadequacies in the previous examinations and provide a more comprehensive opinion on service connection for migraines and the severity of the low back disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development and evidence collection, including obtaining complete medical records and conducting VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board restored the 10 percent rating for right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, femoral nerve, and denied increased ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, erectile dysfunction, TBI with unspecified depressive disorder, and migraines.

The Board granted restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected left ankle lateral collateral ligament strain, effective May 11, 2021, and granted increased ratings for persistent depressive disorder and migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's migraine headaches were caused or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches effective October 16, 2023, and service connection for adjustment disorder. Other claims were denied.

The Board remands the claims for a thoracolumbar spine disability, headache disability, and right knee disability to include as due to a left knee disability for further development of the record.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for migraines and a higher rating for other trauma- and stressor-related disorder, finding that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date or a higher rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date and a higher rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's service-connected MDD, recurrent - severe with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, effective November 2, 2020. The claims for OSA, ED, hypertension, and migraine headaches were remanded.

The appeal for service connection for chronic constipation was dismissed due to untimely filing, while the claim for migraines was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, TBI, headaches, heart disease, left and right foot disorders, and a higher disability rating for the gunshot wound through-and-through scar residuals -abdomen, with muscle group XIX involvement.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, peripheral vestibular disorder, bilateral hearing loss, cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, and bilateral cataracts. However, it granted a 10 percent disability rating for TBI and a 70 percent disability rating for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, effective from August 21, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for back pain, headaches, bilateral knee pain, right hand numbness, painful joints in the right wrist, and a right shoulder condition as there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.