Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for headaches, finding no direct or secondary relationship to the Veteran's military service.

Your claim for service connection for migraine headaches has been granted, and you are now receiving full benefits. The effective date is August 8, 2023.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for common headaches and lumbosacral strain are being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions. The AOJ must obtain new VA examinations and provide the Veteran with an addendum opinion regarding his claimed conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, and migraine headaches due to inadequate medical opinions and procedural errors.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability, cervical spine disability, and right knee disability. The Veteran's current diagnoses of these conditions were not established until after separation from active service.,Service connection was also denied for migraines and renal colic.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for headaches is granted and remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board finds that the Veteran had headaches prior to military service but they reappeared after his overseas active duty.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and tension headaches have been granted service connection, with the tension headaches receiving a non-compensable rating increased to 30 percent effective January 28, 2019.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and rating for various conditions have been denied. The Board has identified errors in the remand directives and will need to be corrected.

The Veteran's service-connected Major Depression Disorder and migraines have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since August 1, 2020.

The Veteran's headaches are rated as noncompensable, effective August 10, 2022. The Board found that the Veteran did not experience characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine headache pain at any time during the appeal period.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for earlier effective dates for service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Chronic Headaches, painful abdomen scars, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for several service-connected conditions, including bilateral dry eye disability, migraine headache disability, left shoulder osteoarthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, left hip strain, and left hip disability. The Board dismissed the appeal due to the withdrawal of these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking any service-connected condition to his suicide.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following any substantially gainful occupation, leading to a grant of TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected Major Depressive Disorder and associated headaches render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, meeting the criteria for TDIU.

The Veteran's headaches are rated as noncompensable, effective August 10, 2022. The Board found that the Veteran did not experience characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine headache pain at any time during the appeal period.

The Board denied additional attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the January 2023 rating decision for a higher 50 percent rating for migraines. The appellant is not eligible to receive any additional fees as the amount of past-due benefits was calculated using gross amounts, and no offset for disability severance pay was applied.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining private psychiatric treatment records and providing an addendum opinion regarding service connection for migraine headaches.

The appeal for service connection for migraine headaches is dismissed. The issue of service connection for recurrent vestibular disability to include vertigo is remanded.