Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The appeal was granted, allowing the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and additional compensation for a dependent.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for headaches and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to inadequate VA examination reports.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for migraines (also claimed as headaches) due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding direct and secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for headaches but denied it for sleep apnea and right hand periarticular osteopenia.

The Board granted service connection for hypertensive headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a rating higher than 10 percent for hypertension and service connection for headaches.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

All appeals for service connection and effective dates were dismissed by the Veteran's attorney.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD).

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, diabetes mellitus, type II, a kidney disability, an eye disability, bilateral lower extremities peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral upper extremities peripheral neuropathy as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or incurrence related to these conditions. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, arthritis, hypertension, headaches, and tinnitus were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remanded claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, left shoulder, right shoulder, right hip, headaches, persistent depressive disorder, and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board granted restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected posttraumatic headaches, effective from May 17, 2019, and denied increased ratings for both the posttraumatic headaches and PTSD.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for headaches and right knee condition, but remanded other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for migraines and a groin tear.

The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for osteoarthritis with degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine and tenosynovitis of the thoracic spine, but denied a compensable rating for post herpetic neuralgia with neuritis of the left chest wall. The Board also denied effective dates prior to July 18, 2023, for increased ratings and service connection.

The Veteran's headaches are granted a rating of 30 percent from April 30, 2020. The Board remanded the claim for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine.

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is dismissed as the benefit has been fully granted. The claims for service connection for hair loss and headaches are remanded due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and a higher initial rating for TBI with migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for migraine headaches prior to May 31, 2023, due to an apparent discrepancy in the May 2020 VA examination report that needs clarification.