Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, right knee disability, right ankle disability, and headaches, but denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia.

The Board remands the matter for additional development, including obtaining outstanding private treatment records and a new VA medical opinion.

The Board granted an effective date of December 5, 2013, for the award of service connection for residuals of a total left knee replacement and July 30, 2018, for the award of service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and denied service connection for left shoulder synovitis, cervical spine strain, anterior right upper chest scar, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint separation, and right shoulder limitation of motion.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of characteristic prostrating attacks for his daily headache or sufficient severity for a higher rating, and no relationship between his depression, peripheral neuropathy, or skin cancer and his military service.

The Board granted a 50% rating for headaches and awarded TDIU, while denying increased ratings for PTSD, OSA, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and right ankle tendinitis.

The Board denied an increased rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, chronic headaches, and did not grant service connection for left upper and right upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to a cervical disability.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, right and left knee disabilities as undiagnosed illnesses related to the Veteran's Persian Gulf War service. The claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury and right lower extremity sciatica, dismissed the appeal as moot. The claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and ratings in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and left lower extremity sciatica were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic headaches, chronic sinusitis, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, cervical condition, and TBI, to include any residuals thereof, as additional medical evidence is needed.

The Board remands the claims for a right ankle condition, left ankle disorder, sinusitis, and headache disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal regarding service connection for left and right lower extremity sciatica was dismissed as untimely, while other conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, service connection for right leg radiculopathy, an initial compensable rating for migraines, and service connection for a left shoulder disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, residuals of a stroke, and an initial compensable rating for posttraumatic headaches.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including left and right ankle disabilities, an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a traumatic brain injury, and various other disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis, cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, right knee strain, and migraines as secondary to the service-connected cervical strain.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's major depressive disorder and an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's headache disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for headaches, as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of migraine headaches to obtain additional evidence, including the Veteran's service personnel records and outstanding medical records, and to provide a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and irritable bowel syndrome, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. Other claims were either denied or remanded.