Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sinus, headache, right shoulder, left knee, and obstructive sleep apnea disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding of current diagnoses or a link to service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic headaches, and a right elbow disability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a digestive condition and migraines to ensure that the Veteran receives appropriate VA examinations.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied increased evaluations for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and migraines, but granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD beginning December 12, 2017, and a 50 percent evaluation for migraines beginning December 12, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for hearing loss. The claims for headaches, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) which was granted effective August 9, 2017.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings of his right knee and tension headaches, resulting in the dismissal of both claims.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for posttraumatic cephalgia with migraines as of November 2021, but denied other claims related to earlier effective dates and TBI.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from February 11, 2019, and denied increased ratings for prostatitis with chronic hematuria and dysuria, restrictive lung disease, migraine headaches with variants, and scar of the left upper eyelid.

The appeal was dismissed because the VA Form 10182 for service connection claims was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for somatic symptom disorder, left knee osteoarthritis, and headaches. The Veteran was also granted increased ratings of 20 percent for degenerative disk disease of the lumbar spine and 40 percent for status post ligament damage and acromioclavicular repair of the right shoulder with acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis and acromioclavicular joint degenerative joint disease.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and several related conditions, including radiculopathy of the lower extremities, neck disability, arm radiculopathy, headaches, left foot pes planus and plantar fasciitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and obstructive sleep apnea. The claim for higher ratings for depressive disorder and ankle strains was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's migraines, finding that they are reflective of characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the last several months.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD, a stomach condition, bilateral flatfoot, headaches, left and right ankle conditions, and left and right knee conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist omission.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and tension headaches have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful occupation, granting a total disability rating for compensation with an effective date of March 18, 2020.

The Board denied a higher rating for migraines, finding that the evidence did not support more than one prostrating headache per month.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's syndrome, denied service connection for hyperlipidemia and sinusitis, and remanded the claims for a left shoulder condition and bilateral foot conditions.