Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for tension headaches and remanded the issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) on a housebound basis.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence linking the condition to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, separate from the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia. The claims for service-connection for chronic fatigue and joint pains were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, finding a nexus between the Veteran's current headache disability and those he experienced in service, as well as a relationship to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, sleep apnea, and bilateral plantar fasciitis. The claims for increased ratings for sciatica with restless leg syndrome were remanded.

The Veteran was granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and depressive disorder, effective from April 15, 2021. Service connection for sleep apnea was also granted.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder, insomnia disorder, and panic disorder. The case was remanded to obtain additional evidence regarding the other issues on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, separate from the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia. The claims for chronic fatigue and joint pains were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and back pain/injury (low back disability) but remanded the claims for right knee, left knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and migraines.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for headache disorder, plantar fasciitis, left and right knee disabilities, and left and right shoulder disabilities. It also granted an initial 70 percent rating for GAD from December 30, 2019.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety disorder, a back injury, and headaches as the Veteran failed to appear without good cause for scheduled examinations which could have produced necessary evidence.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's migraine headache disability and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, anxiety, and PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression, was granted. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for migraines as secondary to tinnitus, right shoulder degenerative arthritis, and GERD as secondary to the left fifth finger condition. The extraschedular evaluation for the left fifth finger was denied.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, with hypertension and erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, and right sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy were granted ratings of 40%, 50%, 30%, 40%, 20%, and 20% respectively from November 22, 2017. The Veteran was also granted individual unemployability from the same date.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and migraines, but denied service connection for hearing loss. The issue of entitlement to service connection for anxiety as secondary to tinnitus is remanded.

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

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an allergy disorder, bilateral pes planus, a left ankle disorder, and others, as there was no evidence of current disabilities or that the claimed conditions were related to service.