Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has decided that the claim for service connection for tension headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, should be remanded due to inadequate medical opinion.

The Veteran's migraines were granted a 50% rating from February 15, 2014 to March 26, 2015. Prior to this period, the Veteran was not entitled to a higher rating for her migraines.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for chronic URI, hearing loss, and an upper back/neck disorder. However, it granted the reopening of claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and mood disorder; a low back disorder; bilateral upper and lower extremity numbness; and a headache disorder. The remaining issues were remanded.

The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for anxiety and entitlement to a compensable evaluation for tension headaches due to the Veteran's grant of service connection for major depressive disorder. The claim for sleep apnea is denied as there is no current diagnosis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, finding no evidence of worsening conditions or entitlement to a higher rating within the one-year look-back period.

The Board has dismissed all claims due to the Veteran's death, as it does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these cases.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for migraine headaches is dismissed as the benefit has been granted.,Service connection for anxiety was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis and no evidence of functional impairment related to anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remanded issues related to a compensable rating for a nasal fracture, memory impairment, headaches, sinusitis, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service connection claim for migraine headaches is granted, as her condition has been diagnosed and is chronic since her military service.

Service connection granted for a headache disorder and right lower extremity radiculopathy. Service connection denied for left lower extremity radiculopathy, cervical spine disorder, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right knee disorder, and bilateral shin splints.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for mixed headache disorder and a 60 percent disability rating, but no higher, for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, head concussion/TBI, residuals of a head injury (claimed as dizziness), chronic post traumatic headaches, and sleep apnea are being remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence.,Verification of in-service stressors is required for the Veteran's PTSD claim. The AOJ will attempt to verify these stressors.

The Veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for aid and attendance prior to December 15, 2021 was denied as there is no evidence showing he required regular aid and assistance due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headache with sensitivity to noise, and Type II diabetes mellitus due to an administrative error that resulted in duplicative claims.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation for service-connected migraine headaches has been dismissed because the Veteran withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates are denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show an intent to file a claim prior to May 22, 2013, for tinnitus and dismissed the appeal for the 10% rating for cephalalgia, tension headaches as it was merely implementing a previous decision.

Your appeals for increased ratings for psychiatric disability and migraine with tension headaches have been dismissed as the Veteran has withdrawn his appeal.

The Veteran's migraine headaches including migraine variants were granted a 50 percent rating from February 16, 2018, as the evidence supports very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor that her migraine headaches began during active service.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for his headache disorder is denied due to the lack of characteristic prostrating attacks.,The Veteran's seizure disorder receives a 20 percent initial disability rating, but no higher, based on at least one major seizure in the two years prior to the period on appeal.