Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development and to secure additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the claimed conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric condition, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and knee and headache issues, to allow for additional development of the record.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 50 percent for the appellant's service-connected migraine headache disability from October 17, 2009, through November 22, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and headaches, both under the PACT Act. A TDIU claim was remanded due to incomplete information.

The Board denied the motion to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the May 2000 and May 2010 rating decisions regarding service connection for residuals of brain trauma, including headaches.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for tension headaches and service connection for headaches other than tension headaches to obtain a clarifying medical opinion.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the service-connected PTSD, TBI, and TDIU but denied earlier effective dates for the migraine headaches, petit mal epilepsy with vertigo, and hypertension.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a separate and compensable disability rating in excess of 10 percent for sinusitis from May 1, 2022, and whether the February 2022 rating decision that (implicitly) severed service connection for headaches effective May 1, 2022 was proper.

The Board granted service connection for left and right elbow disabilities manifested by numbness, but denied service connection for a low back disability and other claimed conditions.

The Board denied entitlement to an earlier effective date for the acquired psychiatric condition, COPD, migraine headaches, and acne, eczema, and tinea pedis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and constant headaches as secondary to sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus and lumbar IVDS, but granted a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in the evaluation of a psychiatric disability was dismissed, and service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability was granted. An initial rating of 30 percent for migraine disability was also granted.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches as there was no evidence of characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of disability ratings and DEA benefits based on continuous pursuit of claims within one year of initial rating decisions.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's migraines without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board denied increased ratings for spondylosis of the lumbar spine and migraine headaches, granted a 50% rating for PTSD from March 3, 2019, and granted TDIU and DEA benefits from that date. Sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities, and tension headaches (including migraine headaches).

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including Parkinson's disease and related secondary conditions, as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service or toxic exposure risk activity.