Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding that the Veteran's headaches are due to or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, fatigue, neurobehavioral effects (including mood), unspecified depressive disorder, hypertension, migraines, and degenerative disc disease. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.

The Board restored the 50% rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and the 70% rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the reductions were improper. The claim for a disability rating in excess of 50% for migraines was denied.

The Board denied service connection for deviated septum and dismissed the appeals for separate compensable rating for headaches, rating in excess of 10 percent for pansinusitis and frontal sinusitis, rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis, and service connection for right ankle strain due to procedural issues.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for chronic headaches and denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for depression secondary to chronic headaches was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and Panic Disorder with General Anxiety Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tension headaches to obtain an addendum medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for an effective date prior to June 26, 2023, for a 50 percent rating for headaches and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service connected disability (TDIU) to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for an eating disorder and remanded the claims for headaches, hair loss, sore gums, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fatigue, left shoulder disability, right elbow disability, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, foot disability, and low back disability for further development.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, as the evidence did not show completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

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

The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and left hip strain, but denied increased ratings for right hip strain, cervical strain, and chronic headaches.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's reported symptoms are related to his active service.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD and awarded effective dates of February 17, 2022, for the awards of service connection for migraines and tinnitus. The Board denied an earlier effective date for emphysema and other issues were remanded.

The appeal of the proposed disability rating reductions for left shoulder scapulohumeral joint impairment, PTSD and TBI, and migraine headaches was dismissed because the RO's proposed actions were not final decisions.

The Board denied service connection for fatigue, headaches, and throat burning. The appeal contesting the November 2023 and February 2024 rating decisions was dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and erectile dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's conditions were related to his active service.

The Board granted an effective date of November 1, 2022 for the award of a 30 percent evaluation for migraine and migraine variants but denied earlier effective dates for the TBI and lumbosacral strain claims.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for insomnia disorder, and remanded claims for service connection for headaches and vertigo.