Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's migraines are etiologically related to his service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraine headaches due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches alone preclude her from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and she has additional disabilities rated at 60 percent or more, from June 17, 2022.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI residuals, granted a separate rating for gait disturbance as a residual of TBI, and denied an effective date prior to May 26, 2020, for the 50 percent evaluation of migraine headaches including migraine variants.

The appeal for service connection for right knee pain, lower back pain, incontinence, and left knee condition was dismissed. However, the appeal for migraine headaches was granted.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for asthma and a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, but remanded claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, headaches, back disorder, and sinus disorder.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for asthma, a left knee disability, and the readjudication of previously denied claims for erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, a left hip disability, and migraines.

The appeal for service connection for headaches was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his request.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tension headaches and denied higher ratings for ureterolithiasis kidney stone with renal tubular acidosis type I and right hemorrhagic ovarian cyst.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, left ear hearing loss, left elbow arthritis, chronic headaches, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's migraines did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating prior to April 26, 2022 due to infrequent prostrating attacks.,For the period beginning on April 26, 2022, the Veteran's migraines did not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent as they did not meet the criteria for very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks.

The Veteran's claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease with obesity as the intermediate step is dismissed because it was granted in a previous decision. The claims of service connection for tinnitus and migraine headaches, to include as secondary to PTSD, are remanded.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating and service connection due to inadequate examinations and missing evidence.

The Board denied a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claim for service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine headache disorder, finding it was proximately caused by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for a right arm disorder, TBI or residuals thereof, and headaches. The claims for service connection for neck, left upper extremity, back, and knee disorders were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for tension headaches, effective May 26, 2020.

The Board has decided to remand the cases due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the Veteran's private medical records and the adequacy of the August 2018 VA addendum opinion.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hand disability, bilateral shoulder disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, and headache disability as the evidence did not support that any of these disabilities began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.