Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied a higher rating for anxiety disorder and tension headaches, granted an effective date of July 10, 2014, for TDIU, and granted special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria from the same date.

The Board granted service connection for migraine, including migraine variants.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, prostatitis, kidney stones, and multiple other disabilities. The earlier effective date claim was also denied.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with anxiety and depression, migraine headaches, and coronary artery disease with hypertensive heart disease. The claims for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer were denied.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, neck disorder, headaches, bilateral knee disorder, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or resulted from an injury incurred in the line of duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis and an initial compensable rating for headaches, while remanding the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder pain.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for both service connection claims, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the service connection of cervical radiculopathy of both upper extremities, but denied earlier effective dates for degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome of the cervical spine, headaches, and TBI.

The Board granted a maximum 50 percent rating for migraines and migraine variants, and a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, effective September 25, 2021.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for migraines, neck strain, bilateral knee strain, and bilateral hip disorder due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for a scar on the right ring finger and denied service connection for refractive errors of the eyes. Other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of headaches to obtain a medical opinion on whether the condition was aggravated by a service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, but denied service connection for high blood pressure. An initial rating of 30 percent was granted for migraine headaches.

The veteran was granted a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches and SMC based on the need for aid and attendance from January 12, 2021. The claim for SMC from May 9, 2017 to January 12, 2021 was denied.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, low back pain, right knee strain, and left shoulder impingement syndrome. The claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches was denied as well as the initial disability rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left and right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, but granted service connection for migraines.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for the veteran's migraine headaches, finding that they meet the criteria for very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headache disorder, lumbar spine condition, and respiratory condition as there is no probative evidence that the Veteran has a current disability for any of these conditions.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's headache disability and denied an increased rating for tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, granting an effective date of June 12, 2017, for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance.