Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022, for the grant of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for atrial fibrillation and heart palpitations, a traumatic brain injury (TBI), migraines headaches, and lumbar spine degenerative arthritis. Service connection for right hand degenerative arthritis and sinusitis was denied.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for migraines and denied increased ratings for dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and irritable bowel syndrome. The remaining claims for service connection were remanded.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, as well as remanded one issue.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and a headache disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer residuals. The Board also granted an increased rating of 60 percent for prostate cancer residuals with voiding dysfunction effective September 29, 2023.

The Veteran's migraine headache disability is granted a rating of 50 percent, and service connection is granted for left and right foot conditions.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his tension headaches had their onset during active service.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for migraines from February 14, 2022, and remanded the issue of entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected migraines, a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected tinnitus, and service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically to obtain any outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's condition began during service and has continued to the present day.

The Board dismissed the claims for a compensable rating for headaches, an increased rating for PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea with asthma, as well as denied service connection for various conditions including allergies, bronchiectasis, nasal polyps, nausea, severe anxiety, severe depression, sexual dysfunction, suicidal ideations, and vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and hepatitis C to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraines, to include as secondary to a service-connected cervical spine disability, for an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and separate evaluations, as there was no basis to assign an earlier effective date or additional ratings under the law.

The Veteran's chronic headaches are granted a 30 percent rating from April 29, 2024. The Veteran is also granted special monthly compensation (SMC) from the same date.

The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for GERD and 50 percent for migraine headaches, effective from January 12, 2023.

The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines has been withdrawn by the Veteran.