Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD and IBS, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, migraines, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 9, 2024, for the grant of service connection for migraines.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and lower back pain due to predecisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for headaches, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and a compensable rating for hemorrhoids due to untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned an effective date of March 20, 2020 for patellofemoral syndrome left knee, right knee limitation of flexion, and patellofemoral syndrome right knee. Other claims were denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for COPD with OSA, headaches, and hypertension, but granted a separate 20 percent rating for meniscal tear of the left knee from August 27, 2019.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus and initial compensable evaluation for tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraines, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and Hashimoto's disease, all to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder. The Board also remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right-hand disability, left-hand disability, sleep apnea, and migraines to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic headaches, GERD, and hypertension, secondary to service-connected PTSD, due to deficiencies in the prior VA examination opinions.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and all claims were dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, neck disability, back disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and radiculopathy of the upper and lower extremities to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an earlier effective date for migraines, prior to June 13, 2022. The claim for an increased rating for migraine disability was remanded.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's headache condition due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have prevented all substantially gainful employment, and a TDIU is granted.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for migraine headaches was granted, with an effective date of October 31, 2018. Other claims were remanded.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for migraine headaches and unspecified depressive disorder (claimed as anxiety and depression).

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for tinnitus and a 30 percent rating for Meniere's disease with vertigo, effective from February 24, 2018. It also granted an initial 50 percent rating for headaches and a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 8, 2019.