Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, thus entitling him to total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, headaches, hypertension, fatigue, and insomnia. The Veteran served in the Marine Corps Reserve from July 1987 to June 1995.

The appeal for a higher rating for migraine headaches was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal. The issue of service connection for left knee pain was also dismissed due to lack of allegation of error.

The veteran's disability rating for migraine headaches was restored to 50 percent, effective December 21, 2020. The issue of an increased rating for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder with traumatic brain injury was remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was granted. The claim for sleep apnea was denied. Claims for migraines, asthma, sinusitis, and rhinitis were remanded.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for migraine headaches was granted, with an initial rating of 50 percent.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for juxtapapillary choroidal neovascularity (CNV) and service connection for migraine headaches due to inadequate medical opinions and missing records.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date prior to June 2, 2021, for increased ratings of insomnia and headaches.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions but granted it for genitourinary system disability, tension headaches, left knee strain, and right knee strain. The claims for bilateral hip strain, bilateral shoulder strain, major depressive disorder with anxiety and PTSD, neurobehavior effects, insomnia, poor concentration, and bilateral lateral epicondylitis were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's migraine headaches, finding they are secondary to his service-connected somatic symptom disorder.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and headaches, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active service.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for hypertension was denied. The claims for service connection of headaches and dizziness as secondary to hypertension were remanded.

The veteran's appeal for increased ratings for sinus headache and migraine headaches, and the proposed reduction of the rating for a painful left knee scar was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left knee disability, migraine headaches, and thoracolumbar spine disability. The evidence did not support a finding of current disabilities or in-service incurrence.

The Board granted restoration of service connection for a disease of the stomach and duodenum. It remanded decisions on increased rating for migraine headaches and service connection for sleep apnea.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for migraines was granted. All other issues were denied or remanded.

The veteran withdrew their appeals for increased ratings for fungal dermatitis and tension headaches, as well as entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC). The Board dismissed these appeals.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that the veteran's disabilities precluded him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran is granted a 30% rating for headaches from September 6, 2011 to August 11, 2015 but denied a higher rating after that date.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to a failure to comply with duty-to-assist requirements.