Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral flatfoot, right knee bursitis, left knee bursitis, migraine headaches, and tinea pedis. However, it denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability.

The veteran was granted increased ratings for PTSD with TBI, Meniere's disease with TBI, and headaches, effective October 22, 2020, and October 22, 2021, respectively.

The Board granted service connection for left ankle strain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), denied service connection for Helicobacter pylori, and granted a 50 percent initial rating for migraine headaches.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, including a low back disability, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, PTSD, and scoliosis.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for left chronic suppurative otitis media and remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability, as well as increased ratings for headaches and postsurgical residual nerve disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches, right hand carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and erectile dysfunction as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active service.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD with MDD, to include overlapping residuals of TBI, and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for migraines was denied. SMC-S was also granted.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, IBS, headaches, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD with insomnia disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, neck disability, hearing loss, and migraine headaches, but remanded the claim for tinnitus.

The appeal for an increased rating for tension headaches and TDIU prior to January 26, 2011, on an extraschedular basis has been dismissed.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for higher ratings of various conditions, leading to their dismissal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and migraines to obtain additional medical opinions addressing causation or aggravation by service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the service connection claims for headaches, small skin cancers, gout, and ingrown toenails due to concerns about the qualifications of the VA examiners.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder with alcohol dependence, but granted a 30 percent evaluation for cluster headaches.

The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for tension headaches due to the Veteran's frequent, completely prostrating attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 12, 2022, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for tension headaches and a 70 percent rating for PTSD with TBI.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable disability rating and an increased rating for headaches due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's symptoms, including nose bleeds.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol abuse.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, finding that the Veteran's headaches were caused by his service-connected hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding a nexus between the Veteran's in-service exposure and his current condition.