Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent, the maximum schedular rating, for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and migraines, including migraine variants.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and an initial compensable evaluation due to duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD, migraines, uterine fibroids, and lumbosacral strain, rendered her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from April 27, 2019.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for tension headaches beginning on April 13, 2022, but denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent prior to that date.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for reentrance into a VR&E program under Chapter 31, as his service-connected and nonservice-connected disabilities did not worsen to the extent that they precluded him from performing the duties of the occupation for which he was previously found rehabilitated.

The Board denied a rating higher than 50 percent for depression and granted a 50 percent rating for migraines, while remanding the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial rating, and TDIU, as well as dismissed his motion to revise a prior decision based on clear and unmistakable error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a headache disorder, to include migraines, for additional development and medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including migraines, left index finger disability, left and right shoulder disabilities, left epigastric disability, and TBI, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral arm disability, back disability, GERD, neck disability, bilateral leg disability, bilateral foot disability, sleep apnea, headache disability, sinusitis, and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Board is remanding the claims for a higher rating for migraine including migraine variants and TBI to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines and residuals of a back injury due to untimely notice of disagreement.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of prior rating decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), as there was no evidence that the outcome would have been manifestly different had the errors not occurred.

The Board granted the restoration of a 30 percent rating for headaches, effective June 1, 2023.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, GERD, and sinusitis.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for depression, migraine headaches, neck strain, a sinus condition, and a lung condition is dismissed.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a heart disability, earache, headaches, and photophobia due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent disabling for right ankle tendonitis, but remanded the claims for a higher rating for migraines and TDIU due to service-connected migraines.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and earlier effective date for migraine headaches, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for vertigo.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher initial disability rating for migraines, as there was no evidence of prostrating attacks from May 18, 2023.