Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic headaches based on the Veteran's symptoms of very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent maximum schedular rating for the Veteran's migraine headache disability, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, right knee arthralgia, and lumbosacral strain. The Board granted a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches and a 10 percent rating for right knee instability.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for increased evaluations of the Veteran's tension headaches, cervical strain, thoracolumbar strain, and radiculopathies based on factually ascertainable worsening within one year prior to the claims.

The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than chronic adjustment disorder, with anxiety and depression, left leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), right leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), and chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines) to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for headaches associated with the right eye disability and a rating of 20 percent for the right eye condition, while denying an increased rating for PTSD and dismissing the hypertension appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent rating, while sinusitis and allergic rhinitis remain at their current ratings. Service connection is granted for GERD and left wrist strain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraine headaches due to an inadequate medical opinion that did not consider relevant lay evidence and submitted medical literature.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches and granted a 30 percent initial rating, but no higher. The motion to revise or reverse the August 1985 rating decision based on CUE was remanded.

The Board granted a noncompensable rating for migraine headaches from October 17, 2011, to December 1, 2019, and a 50 percent rating from December 2, 2019.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, finding that they are very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability. The claim for chronic diarrhea was remanded for further development.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of migraine headaches, denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for generalized anxiety disorder, and remanded the claim for service connection of an abdominal/intestinal disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, headaches, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea due to the illegibility of new service treatment records from March 2021.

The claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a migraine headache disability was denied as a matter of law, and several other claims were remanded for further development.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 10 percent disability rating prior to April 14, 2017, and denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent from April 14, 2017 to March 30, 2021. The claim for TDIU was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for a brain aneurysm and its residuals, including vertigo, equilibrium problems, dizziness and nausea, numbness and tingling left side, disability manifested by grafted muscle tissue for brain surgery, decreased vision, and headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis, vertigo, migraine headaches, and gastroesophageal reflux disease due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for migraines including migraine variants secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and rhinitis.

The Board remands the case to obtain additional evidence and a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's right eye condition and headaches.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and an initial compensable disability rating for headaches.