Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to unresolved issues regarding his claimed disabilities, including fatigue, memory loss, headaches, sleep apnea, and bilateral shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee pain. The remand requires additional medical opinions on etiology and whether these conditions are related to toxic exposure during military service.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a headache disorder and a skin disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased disability evaluation for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is dismissed. The claim of service connection for migraine headaches is remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected right ear hearing loss is found to be the proximate cause of his diagnosed adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including migraine headaches and depressive disorder, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain employment. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on her service-connected migraine headaches, lumbar spine disability, PTSD with TBI, and scar of the right lateral forehead have been dismissed as she has withdrawn her appeal in its entirety.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches, sleep apnea, and a respiratory disability including asthma, bronchitis, and chronic cough are all granted. The claim for respiratory disabilities is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and initial rating have been dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these matters as they are not related to her life.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for swallowing difficulties and headache syndrome are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. The VA needs to obtain private neurologist records, schedule examinations to assess the severity of her conditions, and address relevant diagnostic criteria.

The Veteran's migraine headaches and GERD have been granted a 50% rating, effective August 8, 2018. The appeal for a compensable rating for GERD was denied.

The Board has granted service connection for neck disability, right upper extremity radiculopathy as due to neck disability, and left upper extremity radiculopathy as due to neck disability.,Service connection is also granted for chronic sinusitis and headaches, both of which are deemed related to the Veteran's neck disability.

Service connection is granted for cystadenoma, headaches, hemorrhoids, right flat foot, left flat foot, right foot bunion, left foot bunion, right foot hammer toe, and left foot hammer toe.,Service connection is denied for hirsutism.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a lumbar disorder, migraines, ovarian cysts, sarcoidosis, right and left lower extremity radiculopathies, have rendered her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment prior to January 28, 2009. The Board finds that referral to the Director of Compensation Service is necessary for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of May 31, 2022 for the grant of entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The decision found that the earliest effective date was the date of receipt of the claim, which is later than when the Veteran may have been unable to maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress is rated at 50 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,Tension headaches are currently rated as noncompensable (0 percent), and do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's current migraine headaches disability was noted as chronic in service, with continuity of symptomatology since service. The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's migraine headaches on a presumptive basis.

The Veteran's claims for TDIU, a 30 percent evaluation for headaches, and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance were granted effective August 8, 2017.

The Veteran's claim for medical expense payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical services on November 3, 2018 was granted as the episode of care met the criteria for a medical emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and headache disability are granted as secondary to his service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him so helpless as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person for the period from September 28, 2021 onward. However, there is no evidence that his service-connected disabilities alone result in the need for aid and attendance prior to this date.