Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and missing private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for right leg below-the-knee amputation, left knee disability, and higher ratings for lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome. The claim for service connection for migraines was remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected migraines were granted a 50 percent rating effective September 29, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and headaches to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, headaches as secondary to PTSD, left hip strain as secondary to a left ankle disability, and GERD as secondary to multiple service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of a current respiratory disability, superficial acne, epistaxis, tension headaches, or significant limitation in the right little finger.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a left knee patellofemoral syndrome rating in excess of 10 percent, service connection for a headache condition, and service connection for a sinus condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims.

The Board denied a compensable rating for service-connected headaches and a higher than 30 percent rating for the adjustment disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for increased ratings.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the issue of service connection for headaches as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left shoulder pain, right shoulder pain, lower back pain, and migraines to schedule VA examinations as the Veteran's assertions of in-service injuries have not been adequately addressed.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's migraine headache disorder from March 5, 2020, and an earlier effective date of March 5, 2020, for DEA benefits.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability evaluation for migraine headaches and denied increased ratings for other conditions, including degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with compression fracture L3, spondylosis L4, lumbar strain, and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), among others.

The Veteran's migraines were granted a 50 percent rating, and effective dates of February 1, 2021, were assigned for TDIU and DEA benefits.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings as there is no justiciable case or controversy for active consideration by the Board, given that the Veteran's claims were fully granted in a subsequent rating decision.

The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for multiple conditions, but remanded all claims for further development.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for headaches, to include tension and migraine, as the Veteran did not timely file a VA Form 10182 within one year of the January 2023 rating decision.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for scoliosis, a lumbar spine disability, headaches, nausea, and dizziness, all secondary to various conditions.