Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraines are related to his active duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's left eye disability, which includes optic neuropathy with visual distortion and strabismus, is currently rated at 30 percent. The Board denied an increased evaluation as the evidence does not support a higher rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that they are secondary to his service-connected cervical spine degenerative disc disease. The decision is based on evidence from VA and private medical opinions supporting a nexus between the Veteran's migraines and his cervical condition.

The Board has granted an effective date of August 2, 2019 for a 50 percent rating for migraines. The decision is based on the Veteran's consistent reports of severe economic inadaptability due to her migraine symptoms.

Your appeal for a higher disability rating for tension headaches has been dismissed because the Veteran requested and withdrew their appeal.

The Veteran's tension headaches are rated as noncompensable, and the claim for an increased rating is denied.,The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at its maximum of 10 percent, and no higher rating is granted. The claim for a higher rating is denied.,The Veteran's anxiety disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, but the claim for a higher disability rating is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The appeals are granted in part, with some issues remaining pending further development.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his service-connected sinusitis with headaches has been dismissed because he indicated satisfaction with the current rating of 30 percent.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for service connection of headaches, and the Board has dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for migraine headaches due to incomplete medical opinions and a failure to consider all potential exposures, including those related to toxic exposure during service.

The Veteran is granted TDIU due to schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type from June 27, 2013. The claim for extraschedular TDIU due solely to service-connected migraine headaches is remanded.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of migraines, neck condition, left shoulder condition, or right shoulder condition.,Therefore, the Veteran's claims for service connection for these conditions are denied.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent from November 19, 2021 to January 23, 2022. The Board found that the Veteran suffers from very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks of migraines with severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left shoulder disability, right knee disability, and headaches have been denied. The claim for hypertension is remanded due to the failure to review relevant VA treatment records.,Service connection has not been established for a lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal. The claims for service connection and increased ratings are not before the Board.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches on the basis that a preexisting disability was aggravated by active military service. The claims for left arm pain, right arm pain, right shoulder pain, and right hip pain are denied as there is no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to service. Service connection for paranoid schizophrenia is dismissed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection have not been readjudicated due to lack of new and relevant evidence. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder including generalized anxiety disorder with persistent depressive disorder and phobic anxiety disorder, and sleep apnea are remanded as there is a duty to obtain additional medical opinions that address the onset and relationship of these conditions to service.

The Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches are granted a 30 percent evaluation, effective October 14, 2020. The Veteran's GERD is denied any increase in rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's migraine headaches, including whether they are related to service or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with insomnia and depressive disorder. The VA is required to provide an opinion on these issues as part of the PACT Act.

The Veteran's migraines have been granted an initial rating of 50 percent, but no higher. The claim for TDIU is being remanded.