Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for headaches and a lumbar spine disability, as well as earlier effective dates of April 19, 2022, for the award of service connection for left and right knee patellar tendinitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for a headache disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted restoration to a 30 percent rating for migraine including migraine variants and tension headaches, but denied increased ratings for other conditions.

The Veteran's tension headaches have been granted a 50 percent initial rating throughout the pendency of this claim.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD and migraine headaches as the evidence did not support a separate diagnosis or additional symptomatology. The left knee strain issue was remanded for further development.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for headaches, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis, anemia, and a migraine headache disorder to acquire adequate VA medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and sleep apnea to correct an error by the AOJ, as it did not provide adequate medical examinations or obtain relevant treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, psychiatric disorder, and headache disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for a headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, back, left hip, right hip, left knee, right knee, left shoulder, and right shoulder disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for right knee strain, left knee strain, obstructive sleep apnea, ischemic heart disease, ischemic heart disease as a result of exposure to herbicides, and headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, back pain, and tendonitis right ankle due to a need for further development of the record.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's tension headaches, finding that his symptoms most closely approximate characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average once a month over the last several months.

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

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The appeal for service connection for headaches, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, right knee, left knee, and right shoulder was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board denied a higher initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) from May 1, 2008.

The Veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals are therefore dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating of migraine headaches to ensure an appropriate VA examination is conducted.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral hand disability, a bilateral knee/leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, a heart disability, and a back disability.