Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, while remanding claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and increased ratings for tremors of the hands.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the evaluations of migraine headaches and a vestibular disorder on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) because it lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability but denied increased ratings for headaches, right knee, and left knee disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew all issues on appeal, including entitlement to ratings in excess of 10 percent disabling for service-connected left knee strain and left knee recurrent subluxation and entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board granted an effective date of November 19, 2019, but not earlier, for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for migraine headaches was withdrawn and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for migraine headaches to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and denied service connection for migraines, GERD, IBS, and hypertension.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected migraines from November 3, 2003.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder mixed anxiety and depression with depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for migraines and vertigo as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, but remanded the claim for a right knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified headaches and PTSD, finding that the Veteran's headaches were aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus and that his PTSD is related to a claimed in-service stressor.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, but remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and an initial compensable evaluation for migraine headaches.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches as they were not shown to have characteristic prostrating attacks.

The Board granted a 30% disability rating for tension headaches and remanded claims for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and left pes planus, but denied service connection for cervical disc herniation at C5-C6 level with posterior disc protrusion and Bell's palsy.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the remaining claims for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chronic headaches, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or functional impairment related to headaches during the appeal period.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability evaluation for the right hip strain and denied a compensable disability evaluation for headaches. The claim for service connection for mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was dismissed as moot, and claims for nerve conditions of the upper and lower extremities were remanded.