Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been characterized by prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months. The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for migraines with an effective date of September 23, 2019.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for headaches, left ear hearing loss, and traumatic brain injury ratings prior to the Board's decision.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, and a headache disability are granted. The Board finds that the Veteran has current diagnoses of these conditions and they are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for headache and vertigo disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding their onset during service or their relationship to service-connected conditions. The Veteran is required to be provided with VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a missed VA examination for migraines, and the Veteran is required to appear for an appropriate VA examination.

The Veteran's SLE was granted an increased rating of 60 percent, but no greater.,Entitlement to a compensable rating for cluster headaches is remanded.

The Board has granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's tension headaches, effective July 7, 2016. The decision finds that the Veteran's very frequent and prolonged attacks are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

Your appeal to connect migraines to service has been dismissed because you withdrew the appeal.

The Veteran's tension headaches with migrainous features have been rated at 30 percent since the rating period on appeal, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD, headaches, and IBS are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, sleep disorder, headaches, lumbar spine condition, sciatica, and sinus condition. The evidence did not establish an in-service occurrence or a nexus to service for these conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and therefore his claim for TDIU was denied.

The Veteran's service connection claims for migraines, sleep apnea, and allergic rhinitis have been granted. Additionally, the Veteran's 10% rating for allergic rhinitis has been restored.

The Veteran's mental health condition and headaches were rated at 30 percent from December 14, 2020 to May 4, 2021. The Veteran is denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for these conditions.,The Veteran's low back condition was rated at 10 percent effective April 23, 2021 and the Veteran is not entitled to an earlier effective date.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's migraine headaches as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.

The Veteran withdrew their appeal for service connection of headaches, and the Board has dismissed the case as a result.

The Veteran's service connection for allergic rhinitis is granted due to presumed exposure in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The claim for migraine headaches is remanded as a VA medical opinion is needed.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of March 17, 2021, for the grant of a 30 percent rating for migraines is granted. The Board found that the evidence as of March 17, 2021, was consistent with the January 28, 2022, VA examination which led to the increased rating.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected headache disability is remanded due to the inadequacy of the March 2021 VA examination. The AOJ must obtain an adequate VA examination that addresses the severity, manifestations, and functional impact of the Veteran's headaches.