Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for service-connected headaches but denied a rating greater than 30 percent from August 24, 2023.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches was granted, allowing an earlier effective date of March 21, 1997.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, to include on a secondary basis, as a new medical opinion is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the condition.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for PTSD, myalgias, and TDIU as freestanding claims.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines, but dismissed the claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as part and parcel of the increased evaluation for migraine headaches.

The appeal for service connection for GERD and migraines was dismissed due to a procedural defect of concurrent election under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA opinion to determine whether the Veteran's migraines are related to or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, tinnitus, and bilateral hemispherical facial spasms.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was dismissed, and several other claims were remanded for further development.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, bilateral hearing loss, and migraine headaches were dismissed due to lack of response within 60 days of the Board's request for clarification regarding his preferred docket.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for right eye disability resulting in diplopia, including consideration of a separate rating for headaches, due to an insufficient VA medical opinion on whether the service-connected right eye disability aggravated the nonservice-connected headaches.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of Pseudofolliculitis Barbae, migraine headaches, and tinea pedis on June 15, 2016. The claims for a compensable rating and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability manifested by chronic diarrhea as due to an undiagnosed illness and denied an initial compensable evaluation for headaches, unspecified. The claims for higher evaluations for the lumbar spine conditions were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches, finding no evidence of a link between his military service or any service-connected disabilities and his current condition.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, and remanded the claim for headaches due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's migraines are proximately due to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, higher ratings, and service connection due to a lack of evidence supporting these claims.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to an increased initial disability rating for headaches due to an inadequate VA examination that did not consider the ameliorative effects of the Veteran's blood pressure medications.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to the service-connected sinusitis and migraines secondary to the service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.