Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and opinions to address whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to his service or VA treatment.

The Board remands the claim for a TERA-related headache to obtain an appropriate medical opinion and ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist.

The Board granted service connection for neuropsychiatric signs or symptoms, fatigue, headaches, dyspnea, an unspecified anxiety disorder, non-allergic rhinitis, and gastrointestinal signs or symptoms due to undiagnosed illness. A 10 percent rating was also granted for a right foot scar.

The Board granted a maximum rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine headache and remanded the claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran was granted a 50 percent disability rating for chronic tension and migraine headaches effective June 4, 2010, but an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection or increased rating was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral leg pain but granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for tinnitus, major depressive disorder, low back disability, left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve, and radiculopathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right and left hips, as well as migraine headaches.

The Veteran's service connection for migraines was granted, and the ratings for tinnitus, depression, and asthma were either denied or restored. The claims for erectile dysfunction (ED) and TDIU were remanded.

The Board remands the case to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty regarding the Appellant's claim for an earlier effective date based on CUE in the May 3, 2013 decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disorder, finding that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between the Veteran's current headache condition and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches and remanded the claims for toenail condition and low back disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a respiratory disability but dismissed appeals for service connection and increased ratings for various other conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from performing the physical and mental acts required for substantially gainful employment prior to April 3, 2018. However, he is entitled to special monthly compensation based on housebound status from April 3, 2018 to May 4, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at 30 percent, and TDIU is granted effective October 21, 2020.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for physiologic tremors and dismissed the appeal for an increased rating for major depressive disorder. The claims for service connection were remanded for readjudication.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraine headaches to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis and cardiac arrhythmia, granted a 30 percent rating for post-concussive headaches from January 24, 2022, and denied increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and an effective date of June 21, 2013, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches. The initial rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches was denied.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, erectile dysfunction (ED), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and tinnitus, readjudicated the claims for chronic fatigue syndrome and skin cancer, to include melanoma, and remanded several other claims.