Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for tension headaches and a 60 percent rating for GERD, but remanded the claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete examinations and insufficient medical opinions. The claims will be reconsidered with additional evaluations.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disabilities. The claim of service connection for migraine headaches is remanded due to inadequate medical opinion.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are currently rated as noncompensable, with less frequent attacks without characteristic prostrating attacks.,The Veteran's left knee strain is currently rated at 10 percent, limited to 80 degrees of flexion and full extension.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for sleep apnea, thoracolumbar spine injury, migraines, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to allow for further development.

The Veteran's service connection for migraine headaches and major depressive disorder was granted effective March 12, 2021. Service connection for a lumbar spine disorder is also granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches, finding that there is no credible evidence of a present disability and that the Veteran's assertions are not supported by medical records or treatment history.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for migraines has been dismissed as she requested to withdraw the appeal at a Board hearing.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence regarding asthma, as well as issues related to migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, benign functional murmur, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The VA is required to obtain SSA records and provide adequate VA opinions on these matters.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant withdrew it before a decision was made.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected cluster headaches is being remanded due to insufficient medical opinions. The Board will seek new medical opinions without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea and remanded her claim for service connection for headaches.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches is dismissed as the appeal has already been granted in full.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as service connected, and the Board has resolved the benefit of doubt in favor of the Veteran. The issues of service connection for GERD and a headache condition are remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits, as there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ will consider additional evidence and re-evaluate the Veteran's employment handicap.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of a scalp scar, headaches residuals from surgery for cerebellar astrocytoma, and ataxia as residual of surgery were granted. The Board found that the Veteran had current diagnoses for these conditions and established an in-service incurrence or aggravation of the conditions.

The Veteran's SMC based on statutory housebound status is granted from January 7, 2019. The TDIU issue is moot as the psychiatric disability alone meets the criteria for a 100% rating.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are currently rated as 50 percent disabling under Diagnostic Code 8100, but the Board is remanding to determine if an extraschedular rating is warranted.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches associated with a brain lesion, to include as due to his service-connected tinnitus, should be remanded due to inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the headaches are aggravated by the tinnitus.