Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits prior to October 26, 2018, as they are inextricably intertwined with an extraschedular TDIU claim.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, migraine headaches, and gastric varices as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions. The traumatic deviated septum was also rated at 10 percent from April 19, 2021.

The Board dismissed the appeals regarding proposed reductions in ratings for service-connected left eye macular scar and migraines, as they were premature.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating, and TDIU and SMC were also granted from September 1, 2018. The migraine disability rating was denied.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including left and right shoulder, knee, ankle, back, and headaches, as there was no evidence of these conditions manifesting in service or within one year of separation, and they were not otherwise attributable to service.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for rhinitis and service connection for chest pain, shortness of breath with cough and swelling, sinusitis, and headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for brain hemorrhage with residual headache and a rating of 30 percent for vertigo status post head trauma/concussion, while remanding the claims for an increased rating for TBI residuals and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, left shoulder, PTSD, migraine headaches, and sinusitis disabilities.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis and a compensable rating for frontal sinusitis, but granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the service-connected frontal sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for a VA headache examination to determine the nature and etiology of any identified headache disability, including its relationship to active service and the service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for migraine headaches, right ankle disability, left lower extremity disability, and left thigh scar.

The Board denied service connection for basal cell carcinoma, leukocytosis, and liver condition but granted reinstatement of a 40% rating for right and left knee limitations of extension effective November 1, 2024.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for tension headaches and a TDIU, while denying increased ratings for various service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for frontal and sinus headaches to obtain a new medical examination, as the previous one was found inadequate due to an inaccurate factual premise.

The Board remands the claims for a right leg disorder, jaw disorder, and headache disorder as secondary to a jaw disorder due to inadequate VA examinations.

The appeal of the proposed reductions in disability ratings for left and right knee conditions was dismissed due to a lack of an adjudicative determination at the time the notice of disagreement was filed.

The appeal concerning the issues of service connection for various conditions and increased ratings was dismissed by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that they had their onset during service and are related to her military service.