Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for migraines and obstructive sleep apnea, granted an effective date of August 31, 2020, but no earlier, for TDIU, and granted an effective date of December 29, 2020, but no earlier, for special monthly compensation based on housebound status.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for headaches and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for an initial TBI examination and to assess whether the Veteran's tinnitus and headache disorder are caused or worsened by her service-connected TBI.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's migraines are caused or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the remaining issues for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical strain, tension headaches, and snapping hip syndrome to correct a duty to assist error in failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD and IBS, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, migraines, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 9, 2024, for the grant of service connection for migraines.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and lower back pain due to predecisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for headaches, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and a compensable rating for hemorrhoids due to untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned an effective date of March 20, 2020 for patellofemoral syndrome left knee, right knee limitation of flexion, and patellofemoral syndrome right knee. Other claims were denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for COPD with OSA, headaches, and hypertension, but granted a separate 20 percent rating for meniscal tear of the left knee from August 27, 2019.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus and initial compensable evaluation for tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraines, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and Hashimoto's disease, all to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder. The Board also remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right-hand disability, left-hand disability, sleep apnea, and migraines to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic headaches, GERD, and hypertension, secondary to service-connected PTSD, due to deficiencies in the prior VA examination opinions.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and all claims were dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, neck disability, back disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and radiculopathy of the upper and lower extremities to correct a duty to assist error.