Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and migraines due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for erectile dysfunction, headaches, vertigo, tinnitus, sleep apnea, and allergic rhinitis. The appeal of the severance of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was also dismissed as untimely.

The Board granted service connection for neck strain and denied service connection for fatigue. The claims for sleep apnea, acute intermittent tension headaches, right hip disability, and left hip disability were remanded.

The veteran was granted a disability rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches with tension headaches, effective from November 2, 2018, and TDIU starting September 3, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for tinnitus, an earlier effective date for service connection for migraine headaches, and service connection for Bell's palsy and PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran's migraines are directly related to his service, including in-service personal assaults and noise exposure.

The Board grants service connection for chronic headaches based on the Veteran's diagnosis during service and the condition being an organic disease of the nervous system.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of service connection and higher initial ratings for psychiatric, OSA, and headache disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and a rating of 50 percent, but no higher, for migraine headaches prior to April 13, 2021, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's migraines are secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, cervicogenic headaches, right wrist sprain, left elbow disability, right knee degenerative arthritis and right knee strain, and left knee strain. However, it denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type I, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension, and remanded claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, right forearm carpal tunnel syndrome, left forearm CTS, a right elbow disability, and a left wrist disability.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's condition began during his military service.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for muscular-tension headaches, as the Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for this rating.

The Board remands the claims for higher staged initial ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and headaches as additional evidence is needed.

The Veteran was granted a rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches effective January 5, 2022, but prior to that date, an initial compensable rating was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for her lumbar spine disability, a compensable rating for migraine headaches, and service connection for neurogenic bladder.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy of the left and right upper extremities, and tension headaches. The cervical strain rating was remanded.

The Veteran's tonic clonic/grand mal seizures are service-connected, but an earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating of PTSD is denied, as well as increased ratings for PTSD and migraines. The TDIU claim was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied service connection for GERD, migraine headaches, IBS, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, tension headaches, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.