Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for stooped posture, a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder with mixed anxiety and sleep disturbances, and denied a compensable rating for Parkinson's disease which is separate from the essential tremor with bradykinesia rigidity, right upper extremity.

The veteran has withdrawn the appeal for higher disability ratings for service-connected asthma and tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and increased the disability ratings for left and right lower extremity sciatica to 20 percent, but denied service connection for headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, and did not change the denial of service connection for other conditions.

The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and denied increased ratings for various disabilities, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood and sleep disorder, headaches, and degenerative disc disease.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for migraine headaches but denied service connection and initial compensable ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD, denied an initial compensable rating for throat cancer, and granted service connection for left knee condition, right knee condition, lower back disability, migraines, and sleep apnea. The appeal for vertigo was dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, right knee condition, and fatigue due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board granted service connection for right and left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, and restored the 30 percent rating for migraine.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a migraine, including migraine variants, to ensure adequate development of evidence regarding potential toxic exposure and an addendum opinion is obtained.

The Board remands the matters of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for migraine headaches and an initial rating higher than 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to properly assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.

The veteran has withdrawn the appeal, and the Board lacks jurisdiction to review it.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraines based on characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months.

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

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and an effective date of January 29, 2018, but no earlier, for the assignment of service connection for headaches. A disability rating of 50 percent was also granted from January 8, 2019 to July 7, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for migraine headaches, as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks occurring less often than one in two months over the last several months.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches to ensure an examination addressing toxic exposures during service, including those related to the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and left lower extremity radiculopathy, denied a compensable rating for rhinitis and right lower extremity radiculopathy, and dismissed the appeal for a compensable rating for migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disability and anemia, but remanded the remaining claims for further development.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a TBI, migraine headaches, and a right knee disorder. The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as unspecified depressive disorder) was remanded for further development.