Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no evidence of a current disability related to active service or any incident of service.

The Board granted initial disability ratings of 10 percent for right ankle strain, 20 percent for right ankle instability, and 50 percent for headaches.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to a pre-decisional error in failing to provide the Veteran with a VA mental disorders examination and not obtaining complete VA treatment records.

The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's election of a higher-level review, which precludes concurrent Board review.

The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus type II, both presumed to be related to exposure to herbicides during ACDUTRA at Fort McClellan. The claims for benign prostatic hyperplasia, headaches, and skin cancer were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus but denied service connection for chronic headaches. The Board also granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for back disability.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, claimed as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that there is a credible link between the Veteran's PTSD and his migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for asthma but denied service connection for chronic bronchitis and stable angina. Migraine headaches, bilateral hypermetropia, hypertension, a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and cervical spine disability claims were withdrawn by the Veteran.

The appeal regarding service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder is dismissed as the disability was granted, and there remains no justiciable case or controversy with respect to this claim.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for tension headaches and a 50 percent rating for left knee strain, limitation of extension, while denying ratings in excess of 30 percent for TMJ and a compensable rating for alopecia areata. The decision also granted 20 percent ratings for left and right knee strains with limitations on flexion and extension.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability and remanded the claims for service connection for a neck strain, esophageal cancer, and headaches.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's headache disability, but remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a low back condition.

The Board granted service connection for left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, and migraine headaches. The esophageal condition claim was remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing or maintaining substantial gainful employment as of March 31, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a 10 percent initial rating for a headache condition, while denying service connection for left ear hearing loss and not assigning a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including heart condition, lung condition, peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities, bilateral plantar fasciitis with bone spurs, left kidney cyst, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C, migraine, and chronic allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic headaches and denied staged initial ratings for GERD, rated 10 percent prior to August 10, 2022, and rated as 30 percent, with irritable bowel syndrome, from August 10, 2022.

The Board is remanding the claim for an initial higher rating for migraines (headaches) to ensure that the severity of the Veteran's symptoms is accurately assessed without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD from September 27, 2022, and denied the claims for a compensable rating for urethral injury with urinary incontinence and right ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for chronic headaches as secondary to the right shoulder was also granted.

The Board granted the reinstatement of the 50 percent rating for myofascial headaches, effective March 24, 2017, as the reduction was improper.