Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for the left ankle disorder and remanded claims for migraines, cyst on the right wrist, and right wrist disorder (not including a cyst) due to a need for further evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected tension and vascular headaches are granted a disability rating of 50 percent, but no higher. The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is remanded.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and migraine headaches, as secondary to the Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches from September 3, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased initial disability ratings, finding that the current ratings adequately reflect her service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the claims for a VA examination to determine the current severity of the service-connected scars and to obtain medical opinions regarding the etiology of various disabilities, including left hand, foot, knee, right hand, ankle, high blood pressure, head injury, depression, and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches due to inadequate VA examinations and a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for urinary urgency and remanded the issue of service connection for tension headaches.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for tension headaches effective from April 10, 2018, and denied an earlier effective date prior to January 23, 2014. The Board also denied service connection for PTSD prior to January 23, 2014.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches from July 20, 2012, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for headaches due to undiagnosed illness, as the Veteran experienced headaches in the Southwest Asia theater of operations that manifested in service and have existed for more than 6 months without a known clinical diagnosis.

The appeal concerning the Veteran's migraine headaches was dismissed due to being untimely filed.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine condition and depression, but denied an increased rating above 10 percent for tinnitus during the review period (from June 10, 2022, through October 5, 2023), and remanded claims for service connection for ulcerative colitis and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a lack of complete National Guard records and outstanding non-VA medical records, as well as inadequate VA opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches and low back condition as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder, and granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder. Several foot and other disabilities were remanded for further evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including cervical strain, lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, knee strains, psychiatric disorders, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, tinnitus, shoulder disabilities, breathing disability, foot disability, headache disability, and joint disability, to provide the Veteran an additional opportunity for examinations and opinions.

The Board granted an effective date of April 18, 2018, for service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but remanded the claims for tinnitus, recurrent groin disability, and recurrent headaches disability to include migraine.

The Board denied a compensable rating for migraines and granted an initial rating of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea.

The appeal for a TDIU rating is dismissed as moot because the Veteran has already been granted the earliest possible effective date, February 3, 2016.