Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The veteran's service-connected IBS with GERD has been granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). This means the veteran is considered totally disabled due to this condition and is eligible for the highest compensation rate.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for an earlier effective date for several service-connected conditions. The Board remanded the issues of a compensable rating for migraines and a higher rating for right ankle disability.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, bilateral elbow disorders, and bilateral knee disorders. The Board found that the VA did not adequately develop the claims under the PACT Act and that the examinations were inadequate.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for tinnitus was denied. Service connection was granted for ear infections, bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches, and hypertension. Claims for fatigue, body aches, joint pain were denied. Claims for left and right lower shin splints were remanded.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for migraines, including as secondary to radiation exposure due to insufficient evidence and lack of compliance with previous directives.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding his employment status and earnings throughout the applicable rating period. The AOJ must request updated VA Form 21-8940 from the Veteran, including information for the period dating back to June 2013.

The veteran's increased rating for sleep disorders from April 26, 2022, to May 2, 2023, is granted. Service connection for migraines is also granted from April 26, 2022. Other issues are remanded.

Service connection for bilateral flat foot and migraine headaches is granted.

The veteran's claims for service connection of left and right knee disabilities were denied due to lack of new evidence. The claim for a higher disability rating for PTSD was also denied. However, the issues regarding service connection for headaches, Meniere's disease, OSA, and TDIU were remanded for further review.

The veteran's appeal for an effective date of March 1, 2016, for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities was granted. The decision is based on the veteran's service-connected conditions precluding substantially gainful employment from that date forward.

The veteran's claim for an extraschedular rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and a rating in excess of 10 percent for a back disorder was denied. The veteran was granted a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity. Several other claims were remanded.

The veteran's migraines qualify for a 30% disability rating but not higher.

The Board denied service connection for left ankle, right ankle, PFB, and headaches. The claims for left knee disability, ulcer condition, asthma, and hearing loss were remanded.

The appeals for the rating of the right shoulder and service connection for back pain were dismissed due to untimely filing. The claims for ankle pain, migraine, and bilateral hearing loss were remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran is granted a 30% rating for chronic headaches and a 10% rating for ovarian cysts with dysmenorrhea.

The veteran's service connection for migraine was granted with an effective date of July 29, 2021. Service connection for chronic otitis media was denied. The claims for chronic sinusitis and chronic otitis externa were remanded.

The Board granted evaluations of 30 percent for diplopia, 10 percent for right orbital fracture, and 30 percent for migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, hemorrhoids, left foot condition, right foot condition, and sinusitis. The Veteran's claims were not supported by the evidence.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for GERD, IBS, ED, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral tinnitus. The Board found that additional medical opinions are needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for several service-connected conditions and TDIU.