Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and migraine headaches based on the Veteran's consistent, competent lay reports of in-service onset and continuity of symptoms.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to missing service treatment records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for TBI, psychomotor epilepsy, and migraines.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling new VA examinations.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher, for shin splints. The claims for service connection for a jaw condition, headaches, left hip condition, and right hip condition were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and migraines due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis and lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The Veteran's migraines disability has been granted an evaluation of 50 percent from March 25, 2019, but not earlier.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches based on the credible evidence of onset during active duty service.

The Board remands the claim for an additional medical opinion to determine the severity of the Veteran's post-traumatic headache without the benefit of medication.

The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's headaches, to include as secondary to PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for rhinitis and headaches, to include as secondary to a deviated septum, due to the need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine disability from January 6, 2016.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for migraine headaches, as there was no evidence of a diagnosis or report of headaches prior to January 24, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.

The Board granted an effective date of November 30, 2018 for the award of service connection for heart disability and denied an earlier effective date for migraines.

The Board remands the issues for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and to determine the etiology of any claimed conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dizziness, migraine headaches, and a right knee condition due to prior duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's migraine headaches have been found to be very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability for the entire period on appeal.

The Board denied the appeal to reduce the rating for tension headaches from 30 percent to a noncompensable rating, effective January 1, 2024.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for migraines and hypertension.