Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left-hand, right-hand, left leg, right leg, headache, memory loss, and psychiatric (including PTSD) conditions, to correct a duty-to-assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the award of a 50 percent rating for post traumatic headaches, finding that there was no evidence of a claim to reopen or additional review requested prior to June 22, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches to correct an error by the AOJ and to satisfy its duty to assist the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and a migraine headache disorder based on direct service incurrence.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, left hand acne, rhinitis, headaches, tinnitus, a low back disability, a right shoulder disability, and a left finger disability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal of all claims on December 16, 2024.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for migraines, as the Veteran's headaches are completely prostrating and prolonged, occurring more than twice per month, resulting in severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for TMD and denied a compensable rating for tension headaches, while granting service connection for respiratory disorder, tinnitus, left ear hearing loss, and right ear hearing loss (denied), among other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a lung condition and heart condition, but remanded claims for sinus conditions, headaches, kidney conditions, liver conditions, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's character of discharge does not constitute a bar to VA monetary benefits, and service connection is granted for tinnitus, migraine headaches, and right knee scars.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an increased initial disability evaluation of 100 percent for coronary artery disease with stable angina, bypass surgery including old myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation (CAD). The claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety, an aneurysm disability, a respiratory disability, a headache disability, and total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of rating decisions on the basis that there was no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the July 2011 and August 2010 rating decisions.

The appeal for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis and migraine headaches has been dismissed by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for service-connected sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, migraines, and left knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for migraines has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches to allow the AOJ to adjudicate the CUE claim in the first instance.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraines, including migraine variants, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted initial ratings of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain with mild disc narrowing, 30 percent for cervical strain and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and 30 percent for migraine headaches. The right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome was denied a rating higher than 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not attributable to an in-service obstacle course injury during basic training.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant.