Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected insomnia was granted an initial rating of 70 percent, and effective dates for the awards of service connection for chronic sinusitis and migraines were set to January 22, 2020.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, GERD, and obstructive sleep apnea as they require additional medical evidence to support a determination of whether there is a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a maximum 50 percent disability rating for the service-connected migraine headaches and denied service connection for tuberculosis.

The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication, including considering new evidence associated with the file since the April 2016 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for an insomnia disorder as secondary to PTSD and assigned a 50% rating for tension headaches effective March 18, 2019. Other claims were either dismissed or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a separate anxiety or depression disorder, and other conditions including a right inguinal hernia, sinus condition, gastrointestinal condition, and insomnia.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches and a higher rating, and remanded claims related to TDIU and DEA.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for headaches, a lumbar strain, PTSD, and bilateral plantar fasciitis due to a violation of claims-processing rules.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss to obtain new VA examinations and opinions.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for migraines and a neck disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right eye disability and headaches, as further development is needed to evaluate the evidence.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and a headache disability, but denied service connection for a skin rash of the upper back/tinea versicolor.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, a cervical spine disability, a right knee disability, a left knee disability, a right ankle disability, and a right hand disability based on the Veteran's lay statements and positive private medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including knee disorders, headaches, respiratory disorder, gastrointestinal disorder, and erectile dysfunction, due to further development needed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, finding that the evidence does not support a medical nexus between the condition and his active military service.

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

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for headaches, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and peripheral neuropathy, to include as due to Persian Gulf War service and/or service-connected disabilities, for further development of evidence.

The Board remands the matter for an in-person examination, video telehealth examination, or interview to clarify the frequency and severity of characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine or non-migraine headache pain.

The Board remands the case for a new VA examination to address the etiology of the Veteran's claimed migraine headache condition.