Migraines & headaches Board decisions

For the period prior to June 4, 2024, the Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent.,From June 4, 2024 onwards, a higher rating for PTSD is denied. The Veteran also received an effective date of December 29, 2021, for TDIU and DEA.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral foot pain, headaches, and tinnitus. The appellant is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to these conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent, effective September 12, 2021. Service connection for OSA is granted as secondary to obesity.

The Board has determined that the decision on appeal is legally inadequate due to insufficient notification and an inadequately supported medical opinion. The case is being remanded for further action.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU award.

The Veteran's posttraumatic headaches rating was restored to 50 percent, and he received a higher disability rating for PTSD with panic disorder and ADHD. A separate disability rating of 40 percent was granted for TBI.

The Board has determined that the April 2020 VA examination is inadequate to adjudicate the claim of service connection for migraines. The Veteran's migraines may be related to service, but the current examination did not address all possible avenues of service connection. Therefore, a new examination is needed.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded for further development, including a new examination to assess the impact of his migraine headaches and scars on employment.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection in all cases.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings of depressive disorder and erectile dysfunction has been withdrawn by the Veteran.,Service connection for allergic rhinitis is granted, with a finding that it was related to service exposure. The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied due to his ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability and denied service connection for headaches, cervical spine disability, low back disability, right knee disability, and psychiatric disability (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, anorexia, herpes, migraines, and erectile dysfunction.,Service connection was not granted for any of the conditions listed.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right knee instability, left knee instability, and migraines due to a lack of authorization for private medical records.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, tinnitus, lumbar spine disability, erectile dysfunction (ED), right hip disability, left hip disability, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (LLE), right knee disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, and bilateral foot disability due to lack of credible evidence of a current disability.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of migraine headaches is dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision implementing the June 2024 Board decision is not a final decision that can be appealed.

The Veteran is granted SMC at the (o) rate based on his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and other conditions. He also meets the criteria for SMC at the (r)(1) level due to need for regular aid and attendance.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and an increased rating for persistent post-traumatic headaches has been withdrawn by the appellant's representative. The appeals for service connection for right knee, left shoulder, IBS, and TBI residuals have been remanded due to lack of VA examination.

The reduction of the Veteran's bilateral pes planus rating from 30% to 10% was improper, and the 30% rating is restored. The claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the big toe bilaterally, an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety), erectile dysfunction, and headaches are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD, COPD, migraines, a back disability, right and left upper extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, signet ring gastric carcinoma status post gastrectomy/cholecystectomy, and fibromyalgia have been dismissed. The claim for signet ring gastric carcinoma status post gastrectomy/cholecystectomy is remanded due to a need for updated toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) memo and VA medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and needs addendum medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed migraine headaches, including whether they are related to service or secondary to his service-connected allergic rhinitis.