Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of headaches, service connection for brain tumor, hypertension, varicose veins, and chronic renal disease are being remanded due to the need for additional development. The severance of service connection for bilateral glaucoma is also being remanded.

The Board has decided that the VA examination opinions are inadequate and remands the case for an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's tension headaches are related to service, due to service-connected tinnitus, or aggravated by it.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been granted with effective dates of July 31, 2018. The claim for a higher rating for lumbar strain is denied. Service connection has been established for cluster migraine headaches at the maximum available rating (50%). Service connection for radiculopathy in both lower extremities was granted with effective date of July 31, 2018. A TDIU has also been granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, a headache disability (claimed as migraine headaches), and bilateral foot disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to her military service.,There is no current diagnosis or history of any of these conditions during or immediately following her military service.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings were dismissed. The Board granted initial disability ratings of 30 percent and 10 percent, but no higher, for tension headaches and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), respectively.

The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for Meniere's disease from August 19, 2021, and has also granted SMC based on housebound status from the same date. The appellant is now service-connected for multiple conditions including Meniere's disease, PTSD, urge incontinence, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and GERD.

The Board has decided that service connection for a head injury is denied. Service connection for migraine headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The appeal is dismissed because the September 2021 higher-level review decision did not constitute a final, appealable decision on the claim for service connection for migraine headaches.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for GERD, which was previously denied, is now granted as the condition is found to be secondary to his service-connected persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress. The claim for service connection for migraines is remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination to address the severity and frequency of her cervical spine flare-ups and functional impairment.

The Veteran's appeal for a permanent 50 percent disability rating for her migraine headache has been dismissed due to her withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's attorney has withdrawn all appeals related to the issues listed on the title page. As a result, the appeal is dismissed.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, and he receives a 30% rating for his tension headaches.

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar spine disability and migraine headaches are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA-authorized physical therapy records for his lumbar spine disability and an adequate VA headache conditions examination.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability but remanded the issue of service connection for a headache disability. The Veteran's current back and headache disabilities are not found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The TDIU claim is also being remanded for additional development.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for entitlement to increased ratings for obstructive sleep apnea and headaches as the appellant requested withdrawal of all issues.

The Board has granted an initial compensable disability rating of 50 percent for the appellant's headache disability, effective from March 31, 2010. The decision also grants an earlier effective date of January 31, 2012, for the grant of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and headache disabilities, finding that there is no current diagnosis of these conditions and that any potential secondary relationship to a previously severed depressive disorder disability does not meet legal requirements.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a head injury was denied as there is no current diagnosis of residuals or TBI.,The Veteran's MDD, recurrent episode with anxious distress, was granted with a 70% disability rating.