Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral spine strain from December 28, 2021, and granted service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to UTSRD and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for migraines based on the Veteran's reported symptoms of severe headaches at least once a month, which required him to take unplanned breaks or end his workday early.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for TBI and a noncompensable rating for headaches, both effective April 3, 2020. The claim for a higher rating for PTSD was denied.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraines based on the Veteran's frequent, prostrating, and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The appeals for increased ratings of service-connected conditions were dismissed as they remained pending in the legacy (non-modernized) appeal system.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that they are proximately due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial disability ratings due to a duty to assist error, as well as entitlement to TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for right knee gout as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected status post right knee arthroscopy, posterior medial horn lateral meniscus repair and dismissed the appeal for bilateral hand gout. The claims for left knee gout, bilateral ankle gout, and migraines were denied.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for PTSD and denied ratings in excess of 50 percent for OSA, IBS, and headaches. The Board also granted service connection for right elbow, left wrist, neck, and left leg shin splints conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury, and remanded claims for headaches, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to deficiencies in the previous medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability in any of them.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, anxiety, and insomnia due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for a headache disorder as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average more frequently than one in two months over the last several months.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied higher ratings for right shoulder AC joint strain with degenerative changes and headaches. The claim for a compensable rating for irritable bowel syndrome was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a bladder disability, bilateral foot disability, erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and migraine headaches as they were not related to the Veteran's active duty or any service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for left foot pain, right foot pain, eczema, and migraines as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for post-traumatic headaches associated with residuals, trimalar fracture; status post open reduction internal fixation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and bilateral hearing loss, and remanded his claims for service connection for headaches, left knee condition, and low back condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, and a headache disorder to correct an error by the AOJ to satisfy its duty to assist the Veteran under 38 U.S.C. §5103A.