Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran was granted an effective date of May 26, 2017, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The appeal for service connection for migraines and sleep apnea was dismissed due to a concurrent election of administrative review options.

The Board remands the service connection claim for headaches, which the Veteran contends are secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for headaches and a rating in excess of 10 percent for a right hip disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hepatitis C and related conditions as they are inextricably intertwined.

The Board remands the service connection claim for headaches to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining additional medical opinions and private treatment records.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of December 1, 2021, for a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition and headaches for further development, specifically to obtain private medical records.

The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy and migraine headaches, finding that both conditions started in service and have continued since then.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for migraines, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain and denied service connection for a headaches disability. The left knee condition was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, migraines, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for headaches as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current tension headaches began during active service or are related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for tension headaches, finding that the Veteran had characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over several months.

The Board granted service connection for migraines including migraine variants, finding that the Veteran's migraines are directly related to active service.

The Board remands the claim for a medical addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's migraine headaches are related to service or secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine headache disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling new examinations to clarify the Veteran's use of medication.

The Veteran's headaches, residual of closed head injury, were granted a 30 percent evaluation prior to August 25, 2016, and the claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent from that date was denied.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that the evidence supports very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.