Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a mental health disability, chronic headaches, and a low back disability. It also granted increased ratings for certain conditions but denied others.

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for chronic post-traumatic headaches and a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis from July 29, 2014, to April 29, 2016. The claim for a higher rating for allergic rhinitis was denied.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and an earlier effective date for a facial scar of the left eye, while denying or remanding claims for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for fingers, toes, back injury, mental disease, headaches, and right elbow condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable evaluation of cervicogenic headaches due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling VA examinations to determine the current severity of the Veteran's conditions.

The veteran withdrew the appeal of the May 2021 rating decision, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for PTSD and tension headaches, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board granted the readjudication of the claim for shaving issues/razor bumps and denied service connection for various other conditions, including a neck condition, left shoulder condition, GERD, headaches, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity nerve condition, sleep apnea, urinary frequency, erectile dysfunction, asthma, PTSD, as well as remanding claims for a low back disability, right foot disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied a higher rating for migraine headaches and an earlier effective date for service connection, as the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, sleep apnea, and migraine headaches due to a lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for migraines, finding that no intent to file form was submitted prior to July 13, 2019, and that the severity of his headaches did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for an increased initial rating for migraines to obtain additional medical clarification.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and rating increase due to duty to assist errors, specifically regarding toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) and secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of fractured nose and migraine headaches, but remanded the claim for cervical spine disability due to a duty to assist error.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder was increased to a 100% disability rating effective March 4, 2017, and other issues were resolved with grants or denials.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD with GAD, hypertension, and CFS, as well as a compensable rating for post-traumatic headaches.

The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and service connection for diarrhea due to an undiagnosed illness, while denying service connection for intracardiac shunt with ventricular arrhythmia.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease and lumbar sacral strain, left hip iliopsoas tendonitis, right hip iliopsoas tendonitis, right knee strain and patellofemoral pain syndrome, and migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability. However, DMII was denied.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic headache disability, to include migraine, as it requires an addendum medical opinion regarding the etiology of his headaches.