Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claim for service connection for migraines, which is secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The private physician opinion provided evidence that the Veteran's migraine condition was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate are granted due to his service-connected PTSD, which is rated as 70 percent disabling since June 16, 2016. The additional disabilities do not meet the criteria for a single disability rated at 100%.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for chronic fatigue syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and migraine headaches, as well as multiple painful joints in the back, hands, ankles, and feet.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of opinion regarding whether the Veteran's migraines are aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus and Bell's palsy. The claim will be reconsidered with an appropriate examiner providing opinions on causation and aggravation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support his inability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's dry eye syndrome is granted a 20 percent disability rating. The ratings for allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis are restored to 10 percent each.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to errors in the handling of her claims, including a failure to conduct an informal conference as requested. The issues are whether there was CUE in the April 2013 rating decision for migraine headaches and entitlement to an earlier effective date for left shoulder strain.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.

The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, finding that his condition is characterized by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of migraine headaches was reopened and granted effective December 10, 2020. The Board found that the earliest date of receipt of a formal or informal application to reopen the claim is December 10, 2020.

The Board has granted service connection for migraines headaches and tinnitus, finding that the appellant's current diagnoses are related to her military service.,Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing in-service noise exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and migraines and post traumatic headaches due to new evidence received. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted, while the claim for migraines and post traumatic headaches remains denied.

The claims for service connection for headaches, stomachaches/GERD, tinnitus, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD have been denied as new and relevant evidence has not been presented to support the claims.,New and relevant evidence having not been presented, readjudication of the previously denied claims for service connection for these conditions is not warranted.

The Board has granted service connection for a heart disability, SDB and OSA, and headaches due to their being proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The claims are based on secondary service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial ratings, finding that there was no basis to grant these requests based on the evidence of record. The Veteran's sleep apnea disability was granted service connection with an effective date of March 18, 2016, which is not earlier than this date. Initial rating claims for headaches and TBI residuals were denied as they are already at their maximum schedular ratings. Ratings for medial tibial stress syndrome in the lower extremities prior to November 6, 2020, were granted.

The Veteran's headaches were manifested by characteristic prostrating attacks occurring three to four times a month, and the Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for this condition effective February 14, 2018.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted a rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of the decision.,Service connection for sleep apnea is granted and rated at 100 percent.

The Veteran's migraines including migraine variants are not productive of characteristic prostrating attacks, and thus the criteria for a compensable rating is not met.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that these symptoms are aggravated by his service-connected cervical spine condition, depression, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for radiculopathy, right lower extremity was denied.,Basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) from February 14, 2018 was granted.,An initial 30 percent rating for migraine headaches was granted and the effective date is set at February 14, 2018.