Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and a chronic headache disorder. The claim of service connection for muscle pain was dismissed as it had already been granted in a previous decision.

The Board remands the claims for higher disability ratings for multiple service-connected conditions to correct a duty to assist error, requiring current VA medical examinations.

The Board granted effective dates of June 25, 2020 for the increased ratings and service connection awards.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, separate from the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia. The issues of service-connection for chronic fatigue and joint pains were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines and remanded the issues related to GERD and a secondary psychiatric condition.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and denied initial compensable ratings for rhinitis, tension headaches, and remanded the claim for a lower lumbar strain.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, finding that the Veteran's TBI and degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine are a 'but-for' aggravator of his headaches beyond their natural progression.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several issues, including those related to his service-connected conditions.

The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic migraine headaches and remanded the claim for service connection for a liver condition.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches but denied service connection for a positive purified protein derivate (PPD) test.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraine headaches to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and to secure a more comprehensive medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied increased ratings for migraine headaches and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, but granted restoration of service connection for bilateral fibrocystic breast disease effective July 1, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, IBS, and migraine headaches on a secondary basis due to their relationship with the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, chronic sinusitis, and rhinitis based on new evidence and presumptive exposure to burn pits.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches since April 20, 2022, and denied an increased rating for a gastric ulcer with chronic diarrhea.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for headaches as it was improperly docketed more than one year after the August 2020 rating decision without a timely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of bilateral ingrown toenails with deformity of pinky toes, left shoulder rotator cuff impingement, headaches, and right elbow arthritic conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability at the time of the rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, asthma, migraines, lumbar strain, bilateral pes planus, and tinnitus, as well as an earlier effective date for the increased rating of 30 percent for migraines.