Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted restoration of the 20% disability rating for lumbosacral strain and the 10% disability rating for right knee instability, while denying higher ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and remanded claims for obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent, the maximum schedular rating, for migraine headaches effective from July 13, 2018.

The Board dismissed all appeals related to service connection for various conditions and an effective date prior to March 13, 2024, for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied or dismissed the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, higher ratings, and service connection for various conditions, with some grants of earlier effective dates and initial ratings.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for psoriasis and remanded the claim for service connection for chronic headaches (migraines).

The Board remands the claims for further development and to ensure proper due process, including adequate requests for service and medical records, and adequate medical examinations based upon an accurate record.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine including migraine variants, effective January 20, 2021.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from July 15, 2014 to June 12, 2019. Service connection for renal cysts and other conditions was denied.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for spinal stenosis with degenerative arthritis and headaches as secondary to the service-connected cervical spine disability, but denied higher ratings for the cervical spine and upper extremity radiculopathies.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines and OSA to obtain additional medical opinions addressing aggravation by service-connected conditions.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for failure to timely file a notice of disagreement within one year of the rating decisions.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected migraines.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraines to obtain a more adequate secondary service connection opinion.

The Board dismissed the appeal of proposed rating reductions for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and radiculopathy, left lower extremity, due to procedural defects in the Veteran's notice of disagreement. The issue regarding a compensable rating for migraine headaches was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for headaches for an adequate VA examination.

The Board dismissed all issues as a matter of law due to a procedural defect in the Veteran's February 2023 VA Form 10182s, which attempted to concurrently elect multiple review options.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches to obtain a retrospective VA medical opinion regarding the ameliorative effects of medication on the severity of the Veteran's condition.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer with cholangitis under the PACT Act, and for right and left upper and lower extremity neuropathy as secondary to pancreatic cancer. The claims for a headache disability and obstructive sleep apnea were denied.