Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent disability rating, and the effective date for her hemorrhoids is changed to December 30, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability, to include degenerative arthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome, and spinal stenosis. The claim for headaches was dismissed as moot after the March 2025 rating decision awarded service connection for migraine (claimed as tension headaches).

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and higher ratings for PTSD, migraines, and costochondritis. A 20 percent rating was granted for lumbosacral strain.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for migraine to obtain a supplemental opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected disability without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for headaches as the Veteran did not experience characteristic prostrating attacks.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines, as the Veteran's symptoms have been productive of completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are severely economically disabling.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and service connection for right trigeminal neuralgia, while remanding the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for GERD, finding it to be caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board also granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines and tension headaches, as they have caused very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches prior to June 15, 2022, and granted a 50 percent rating from that date.

The Board denied the claims for a compensable rating for hypertension, an increased rating for a left ankle disability, service connection for chronic headaches and a neck injury, and remanded several other claims including service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of traumatic brain injury, erectile dysfunction, respiratory disability, right knee disability, and skin condition affecting the feet.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the evaluations of various service-connected disabilities and denied eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's migraines are directly related to his service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 25, 2014, for service connection for migraine headaches and a 30 percent rating from that date. The claim for a higher initial rating was denied.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a rating in excess of 10 percent disabling for tinnitus was dismissed, while the claims for service connection for intestinal polyps, headaches, an earlier effective date for hearing loss, and ratings higher than 10 percent for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss were denied. The Board also remanded several other claims including hypertension, psychiatric disability, TBI, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, headaches, a neck disorder, an upper back disorder, a lower back disorder, and a left arm disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities during the appeal period.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for generalized headaches, secondary to service-connected tinnitus, on a causation basis.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.

The Board granted service connection for disability manifested by dizziness and unsteadiness, headaches, and diplopia, secondary to now service-connected disability manifested by dizziness and unsteadiness.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis.