Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for a disability manifested by headaches and remanded the claim for back pain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of August 22, 2008, for the award of service connection for migraines.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and lumbosacral strain, but denied service connection for a left knee disability.

The appeal was withdrawn by the appellant, and all issues were dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to a duty-to-assist error by the AOJ.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, GERD, IBS, a low back disability, left and right hand disabilities, a deviated septum, TBI, and headache condition due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses or a link to in-service events.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot pain, GERD, and a headache condition to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for low back, neck, right knee, and headaches due to inadequate medical evidence.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating of migraine headaches to correct a duty to assist error, specifically to obtain an addendum medical opinion and any outstanding treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches but denied it for left knee disability.

The appeal regarding the rating reduction for migraines and entitlement to service connection for TBI was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and TBI, denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches, granted an effective date of May 11, 2022, but no earlier, for the award of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, and granted individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a more thorough examination and opinion, as the previous VA examination was found to be inadequate.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected headaches, finding that they more closely approximated characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the last several months.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded claims for headaches, left knee, right knee, and left shoulder disabilities.

The appeal for service connection for psychosis or unspecified anxiety disorder for the purpose of establishing eligibility for treatment only pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 was dismissed, while other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy of all radicular groups of the bilateral upper extremities, and cervical strain with an effective date of July 17, 2021. The claim for migraines was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for shortness of breath, an eye disability, PTSD, anxiety as secondary to PTSD, and migraine as secondary to anxiety.

The Board denied the claims for revision of CUE in the December 2015 rating decision and granted service connection for peripheral vestibular disorder as secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's back disability and denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for acid reflux, as well as higher ratings for left and right femoral nerve radiculopathy. The Board also remanded several service connection claims.