Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for obesity, hypertension, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, and headache due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hand numbness, neck condition, bilateral knee condition, and headaches due to lack of current disability. The appeal is being remanded for further examination.

The Veteran was granted service connection for migraines, left knee strain, allergic rhinitis, and ganglion cysts. Service connection was denied for left hip disability, plantar fasciitis, keratoconus, hearing loss, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and migraine headaches rendered her unable to perform the tasks required of substantially gainful employment from July 11, 2005 to July 1, 2011.

The Veteran's headaches are not manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks, productive of severe economic inadaptability. The Board finds that the Veteran's headaches most closely approximate the criteria for a 30 percent rating.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU back to the RO for further development, including obtaining specialized records requests with a special issue indicator.

The Board remands the issues of an initial compensable rating for migraines and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea and asthma due to insufficient development of the record.

The Veteran's traumatic brain injury and adjustment disorder with depressed mood were granted a 30 percent rating for the period from May 21, 2012 to January 22, 2015.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be caused by his service-connected tinnitus, and thus the claim for secondary service connection is granted.

The Veteran's left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, heart disorder (abnormal heart palpitations), right shoulder disorder, and migraines are all granted as service-connected. The AOJ is required to obtain additional medical opinions for the heart disorder, right shoulder disorder, and migraine headaches.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor related disorder is granted. The Board finds that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of this condition, which he relates to witnessing a sexual assault during active service. Service connection is granted as his condition is found to be related to active service. The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic migraines is remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from February 19, 2020 to February 24, 2022 due to the combined rating of his service-connected disabilities meeting the schedular requirements for TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, headaches, a cervical spine disability, bilateral pes planus, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, frequent urination, and endometriosis claimed as irregular menstrual cycle.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia, psychiatric disability other than unspecified anxiety disorder with unspecified neurocognitive disorder, and urination disability were denied. The claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for migraine headaches was also denied.

The Board has granted service connection for migraines as secondary to PTSD, but has remanded the issue of chronic fatigue syndrome due to a duty to assist error.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for migraine headaches and an earlier effective date was denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, which he argued was due to exposure to herbicides, was dismissed as there was no case or controversy.

The Board has denied service connection for migraine headaches due to lack of evidence linking the condition to active service. Service connection for stomach conditions is remanded and requires a new VA examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left wrist arthritis, right wrist arthritis, left hand arthritis, and right hand arthritis due to a lack of current diagnosed disabilities. The Veteran's headaches are also being remanded due to inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran's GERD is rated at a 10 percent disability rating, but no higher.,The Veteran's migraine headaches are not entitled to a compensable disability rating.