Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that it began during the Veteran's period of active service or within one year after his completion of active service. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD, a lumbar spine disability, a right knee disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, and migraines was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The appeals for earlier effective dates were dismissed due to a violation of claims-processing rules.

The Board remands the claims for a back disability, left elbow disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and migraine headaches to address pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for low back pain and right hip pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability, a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches from January 22, 2023, but denied increased ratings for dermatitis and allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied an effective date prior to January 25, 2024, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches as they are not proximately due to or the result of an already service-connected disease or injury, and there is no evidence establishing a causal relationship between the Veteran's migraines and his tinnitus.

The Board restored the 30 percent rating for migraines effective March 1, 2015, and denied a rating in excess of 30 percent. The Board also denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with panic disorder.

The Board denied service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, back condition, headaches, bilateral hip condition, and erectile dysfunction. The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of May 6, 2022, but no earlier, for an initial noncompensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, an upper respiratory disability (to include sinusitis), and chronic headaches due to the lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claims for service connection and earlier effective dates, as well as rating increases, due to procedural defects in the filing of his appeal.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for headaches and 10 percent for left and right hand tremors, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, PTSD, and unspecified depressive disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for posttraumatic headaches as of April 22, 2024, but denied an initial compensable rating prior to that date.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for dermatosis, allergic rhinitis, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss and headaches.

The Board granted service connection for peptic ulcer disease and pelvic congestion syndrome, and assigned initial ratings of 70%, 30%, 60%, 30%, 40%, and 10% for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), dermatitis, migraines, lumbosacral strain, and left lower extremity radiculopathy respectively. The Board remanded the claim of an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for costochondritis.

The Board restored the Veteran's hypothyroidism rating from 10 percent to 30 percent, as the reduction was not proper. The claims for an increased rating for migraines and TDIU were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, granted an earlier effective date for major depressive disorder, and remanded service connection for costochondritis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability as there was no evidence of an injury during active duty, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA. The other claims were remanded to correct a duty to assist error.