Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for tension headaches has been withdrawn and dismissed as moot, as a matter of law.

The Veteran's headaches, which are service-connected, increased in severity around three months before the date of his claim for an increase. The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation and set the effective date to February 1, 2014.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), sleep apnea, and migraine headaches due to inadequate medical opinions regarding their relationship to service-connected PTSD. The AOJ is instructed to obtain additional opinions addressing these issues.

The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and service connection for frontal sinusitis, tension headaches, allergic rhinitis, GERD, and IBS are being remanded due to incomplete VA records and the need to determine TERA exposures under the PACT Act.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent from September 22, 2006. The Veteran is seeking a higher rating.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression and PTSD) is rated at 30 percent from March 26, 2007. The Veteran is seeking a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's low back condition, heart condition, migraines, left foot condition, and left shoulder condition. The VA will provide a new examination in each case.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for obstructive sleep apnea, headaches, and a spinal disability due to outstanding records and the need for medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities in April 2004, November 2009, and June 2012. The decision is considered final as no new evidence was submitted within one year of notification.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were rated at 30 percent prior to March 1, 2018 and granted a higher rating of 30 percent thereafter.,The Board denied an increased rating for the period from March 1, 2018 onwards.

The Veteran's service connection for headaches has been granted, and his rating is now at a 50% effective from January 29, 2021. The issue of service connection for head injury residuals (including memory loss) was dismissed as the appeal does not involve service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, but remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of an adequate VA examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings have been denied.,No new evidence or changes in the Veteran's conditions were presented, leading to a denial of all issues on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for IBS, a left hip disability (secondary to the service-connected lumbar spine disability), GERD, and migraine headaches as there was no current diagnosis or evidence of qualifying chronic disabilities.

The Veteran's initial disability ratings for Major Depressive Disorder and Tension Headaches were denied. The Board found that the Veteran's MDD did not result in total occupational and social impairment, while his tension headaches met the criteria for a 50 percent rating but did not meet the criteria for an extra-schedular evaluation. The issue of entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder strain with impingement and tension headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring new VA opinions.

The appellant's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The appeal for service connection for headaches is dismissed as moot due to the July 2022 rating decision recognizing it as a symptom of his service-connected TBI. The appellant's initial disability rating for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated symptoms, including headaches, is granted at 40 percent.

The Board has found that the VA examinations provided in January 2021 were deficient and remanded for new examinations to determine the current severity of the Veteran's migraine headaches, painful right knee scars, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis, rhinitis, left foot condition, lower back condition, and migraine headaches have been denied.,Service connection was not granted for any of the claimed conditions due to a lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Camp Lejeune water contamination issues, Gulf War syndrome, and sleep apnea have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and active service.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased ratings in several conditions due to the Veteran's death.