Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, vision impairment, hypertension, headaches, gastrointestinal ulcers, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for headaches due to a duty to assist error and the need for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, higher ratings for migraine headaches and a psychiatric disorder, and an initial rating for dermatitis. The respiratory disorder and tremors of the hands were remanded.

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

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and headaches as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis during the pendency of the claims.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for tinnitus, a headache disorder, a foot disability, a left ankle disability, a low back disability, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for migraines including migraine variants as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks.

The appeal for service connection for migraine headaches was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a VA Form 10182 and no good cause being shown.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for GI disability to include GERD, esophagitis, erosive gastritis including heartburn, and duodenitis, as well as headache disability diagnosed as migraine including migraine variants.

The Board granted an effective date of August 15, 2017, for the 30 percent rating for migraines based on the Veteran's consistent reports of characteristic prostrating attacks occurring approximately 2-3 times per month.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected tension headache disability and special monthly compensation (SMC) based upon housebound status from November 22, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for visual impairment but remanded the claims for acquired psychiatric disabilities and migraines due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, migraine headaches, hypertension, and sleep apnea.

The appeal was denied for an earlier effective date prior to November 14, 2023, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD. The issues related to initial ratings and service connection were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an error in verifying the Veteran's active service and obtaining his complete service personnel records and treatment records.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for the Veteran's migraines based on characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the last several months.

The appeal for service connection for migraines was dismissed as it was not timely filed.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for chronic headaches, finding that the Veteran's symptoms and impairment most closely resembled characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over several months.

The Board remands the matter for an additional in-person examination to properly assess the current severity of the Veteran's migraines.