Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, as well as service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and headaches, but denied service connection for chest pain, a back disorder, bilateral knee disorders, bilateral foot disorders, anemia, and endometriosis.

The Board remands the claim for a VA addendum opinion to assess whether the Veteran's service-connected sinusitis and left adrenal nodule disorders are at least as likely as not a 'but-for' cause of her migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disability, finding that the evidence does not support an in-service disease or injury and there is no credible evidence of a nexus between the current condition and service.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The appeal for service connection for headaches was remanded.

The appeal regarding the propriety of the proposed reduction in rating and reevaluation of insomnia disorder to combine with tinnitus is dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches was granted, while claims for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities were denied. Other claims were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, migraines, and right knee strain and patellar instability to the AOJ for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches, finding that they are caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for migraines and scars of the extremities/trunk were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis and migraine headaches to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining a new TERA memorandum consistent with the time, place, and manner of the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for service-connected migraine headaches throughout the entire period on appeal, as the Veteran experienced very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to June 24, 2014, as the evidence demonstrated that he was able to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation despite service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for the Veteran's headache disability, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance on whether the Veteran's headache disability more nearly approximates characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.

The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to PTSD and a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, but denied service connection for diverticulitis and an increased rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches from April 26, 2016, but denied higher ratings and an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, dizziness, headaches, palpitations, shortness of breath (dyspnea), sleep apnea, plantar fasciitis and heel spurs, and left big toe posttraumatic residual pain.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for migraines and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for service-connected migraines and the issue of service connection for sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for unspecified depressive disorder and service connection for migraine headaches due to insufficient evidence.