Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, secondary to service-connected disabilities, effective from September 17, 2018. The Veteran was also granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches from September 17, 2018 to January 10, 2020.

The claims for service connection are remanded to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and a total disability rating for compensation purposes due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, interstitial cystitis, and headaches.

The Board denied initial compensable ratings for chronic bronchitis, status post-surgical scar, left lateral chest wall, and status post closed fracture of the right little finger. The claim for a 10 percent rating based upon multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities prior to July 22, 2024, was remanded.

The Board granted increased ratings for headaches, CAD, PTSD, and lumbar strain with arthritis, while denying increased ratings for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine disability and remanded claims for higher ratings for an acquired psychiatric disorder, service connection for left shoulder and right knee disorders.

The Board denied an earlier effective date prior to November 26, 2021, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for migraine including migraine variants.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, headaches condition, cervical spine condition, lumbar spine condition, left shoulder condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, and bilateral foot condition based on the evidence of in-service noise exposure and reports of a continuity of symptomatology from service.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and left restless leg syndrome, finding an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding their relationship to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an effective date of April 1, 2021, for the award of service connection for migraine with chronic tension headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities for a VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for CAD, headaches, an eye condition, and vertigo to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted the restoration of a 30 percent disability rating for tension headaches and remanded the entitlement to service connection for a right upper extremity disability, diagnosed as thoracic outlet syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied increased ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing disability, CFS, OSA, headache disability (claimed as cephalgia), and cardiac arrhythmia.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, migraine headaches, and sleep apnea, but denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for a right great toe nerve disability and an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for migraines, but granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraines from February 9, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with traumatic brain injury, a separate compensable rating for traumatic brain injury, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for migraines due to the need for updated VA examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a rating of 100 percent, and service connection for migraines secondary to PTSD was also granted. The other issues were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral flatfoot, left ankle disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and migraines. A 20 percent rating was granted for the status post fracture of the 4th metatarsal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that her symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection.