Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and basic eligibility for automotive or other conveyance and adaptive equipment or for adaptive equipment due to a lack of service-connected disabilities that would warrant these benefits.

The Board has denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of August 18, 2008 for service connection of migraine headaches secondary to PTSD and TBI. The case is remanded for further development regarding a higher rating for migraines and a TDIU claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's home modifications and equipment purchases are necessary to enable him to function more independently in his family and community without assistance, or with a reduced level of assistance.,However, additional equipment purchases and/or home modifications, such as an overhead cover for a wheelchair lift at the front of the home, a cover over the front walk, installation of a central air conditioning system, an addition to the home to include installation of a new bathroom downstairs, extension of the rear of the main bedroom to create space for a walk-in closet and a work-out room on the floor below; and creating access to an existing outdoor kitchen located near the pool area, are not necessary.,The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not necessitate these additional modifications.

The Veteran's cervical spondylosis and migraines are granted service connection as they are at least as likely as not related to her in-service car accidents.

The Veteran's initial migraine including migraine variant claim is denied as his symptoms do not include characteristic prostrating attacks.,The Veteran's low back condition remains rated at 20 percent, and the issue of entitlement to a TDIU is remanded due to inextricability with the low back rating.

The Board denied service connection for alcohol use disorder and an anxiety disorder, granted service connection for a deviated septum, and granted ratings of 80 percent but no higher for narcolepsy and 20 percent but no higher for dry eye syndrome with arcus senillis.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss was denied, and the claim of service connection for migraine headaches is remanded. The Board found that a VA examination should be scheduled to address direct service connection for migraine headaches.

The Veteran's service-connected irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, and hearing loss prevented him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation as of June 10, 2021. The Board found sufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that the Veteran was unemployable due to these disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, sinus headaches, right and left lower extremity neuropathy, pseudofolliculitis barbae of the skin, and lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and DDD. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression and anxiety) was denied.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of migraine headaches as secondary to tinnitus due to inadequate opinions regarding causation and aggravation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for tension headaches and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent disability rating for headaches for the period prior to May 22, 2023, but denied an earlier effective date than May 10, 2016, for the grant of service connection for a headache disability.

The Veteran's service connection claims for headaches, IBS, and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been granted. Headaches are secondary to degenerative arthritis of the spine, IBS is linked to in-service symptoms that persisted post-service, and anxiety, depression, and PTSD are related to a witnessed traumatic incident during service.

The Veteran's headache disability is found to have originated during his active service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for tension headaches, finding that the Veteran's headaches are productive of disability commensurate with characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.

The Veteran's headaches are granted as secondary to service-connected tinnitus. The scar to the forehead, left knee disability, and left arm disability are denied. Service connection for pes planus is also denied.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation starting November 1, 2013. Effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits are set to November 1, 2013.

The Veteran's tension headaches are rated at 50% effective October 15, 2021, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to a failure to schedule VA examinations. The Veteran was scheduled but did not attend, and good cause is found for this failure.