Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, GERD, and sinusitis.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for depression, migraine headaches, neck strain, a sinus condition, and a lung condition is dismissed.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a heart disability, earache, headaches, and photophobia due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board granted an initial rating of 20 percent disabling for right ankle tendonitis, but remanded the claims for a higher rating for migraines and TDIU due to service-connected migraines.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and earlier effective date for migraine headaches, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for vertigo.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher initial disability rating for migraines, as there was no evidence of prostrating attacks from May 18, 2023.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's left ear scar and remanded claims for service connection for back, right foot, right knee, and headache disorders.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied, and the claims for service connection for various disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's tension headaches and remanded claims for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for tension headaches and service connection for peripheral vestibular disorder secondary to tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, finding that the current disability ratings accurately reflect his conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded a claim for service connection for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, GERD, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for high blood pressure, and denied increased ratings for tinnitus, migraine headaches, and a left ankle disability.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, claimed as due to tinnitus, and remanded the claim for service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, including migraine variants, based on the diagnosis within one year of the Veteran's last period of active service.

The appeal for an initial compensable rating and earlier effective date for service-connected headaches has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted an effective date of September 27, 2021, for the 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for GERD and hemorrhoids with bleeding colon polyps, headaches with blurred vision, thoracic cervicalgia, as well as initial ratings for right and left hip strains and chronic kidney disease due to insufficient evidence of current disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and an initial rating of 10 percent for migraine headaches, while denying increased ratings for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee and lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a headache disorder, a respiratory disorder, a skin disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).