Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for higher initial ratings and TDIU, making the appeal dismissed.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 50 percent for tension headaches, as the Veteran experienced very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection of various other conditions, including migraine headaches, left knee condition, right knee condition, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for PTSD and TBI, as well as an initial 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches, effective July 6, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability, an initial rating of 30 percent for headaches, and a rating of 40 percent for a back disability. The claims for left and right upper extremity radiculopathy were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for plantar fasciitis, a headache disorder, and a scar status post circumcision as there was no competent evidence to support the claims. The Board also denied a higher rating for the Veteran's back disability.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea based on medical evidence linking the two conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable evaluation of service-connected tension headaches due to an inadequate medical examination.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, common headache syndrome, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected mood disorder.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for higher initial ratings of adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and TBI, as well as migraine headaches.

The Board denied an increased rating for tension headaches and service connection for panic disorder, but granted service connection for back pain and left leg radicular pain secondary to the back disability.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified headaches as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus due to the evidence being in relative equipoise.

The Board granted a 50 percent initial rating for the Veteran's migraines, including migraine variants, as they cause very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks severe enough to be capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted service connection for pituitary adenoma and its secondary conditions: chronic headache disability, right eye blindness, left eye partial blindness, seizure disorder, hypothyroidism, pituitary insufficiency, gynecomastia, and diabetes insipidus.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and headaches as there was no credible evidence to support a link between the conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory condition, restless leg syndrome, bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, and higher ratings for allergic rhinitis, tension headaches, degenerative arthritis of the left knee, and generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified mood disorder and alcohol use disorder. The claims for chronic sinusitis, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and lumbosacral strain were remanded.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for service-connected headaches from February 25, 2021, to present.

The appeal was dismissed for the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, and service connection for migraine headaches was restored. Several claims for service connection were denied.

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis, obstructive sleep apnea, a left elbow disability, and a headache disability, with an initial rating of 30 percent for the chronic sinusitis.