Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, effective May 23, 2024, due to an inadequate examination that supported the previous reduction.

The Board denied service connection for back condition, depression and memory loss, and migraine disability but granted service connection for a left hip disability based on in-service onset.

The Board granted increased ratings for TBI residuals and migraine headaches, as well as an earlier effective date for certain benefits, but denied increased ratings for PTSD and major depressive disorder and the fractured coccyx.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and tension headaches, finding that both conditions had their onset during the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder and an effective date of September 18, 2012, but no earlier, for the award of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions, including headaches, PTSD, facial scarring, a left ankle condition, and others.

The appeal regarding service connection for headaches was dismissed as moot, while the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, was granted and remanded.

The Board denied service connection for squamous cell skin cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, tuberculosis, hematuria, hypercholesterolemia, and vitamin deficiency. However, the Board granted service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the claims for increased ratings for tension headaches, PTSD, burn scar of the right flank area, left ear hearing loss, pseudofolliculitis barbae, erectile dysfunction, and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches and vertigo to ensure that all relevant VA treatment records are associated with the claims file.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent disability rating, and an earlier effective date of May 19, 2022, for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) is also granted.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee, shoulder, neck, and headache conditions but granted restoration of a 50% rating for PTSD from March 1, 2021 to April 17, 2021, and an earlier effective date for Dependent's Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraine headaches to obtain a more adequate medical opinion and ensure all relevant evidence is considered.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's migraines, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor and discounting the ameliorative effects of his medications.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a back condition, knee conditions, headaches, and others, as the evidence did not demonstrate that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service, ADT, or IDT.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for headaches, from August 19, 2024, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and an initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, while denying service connection for hemorrhoids. The effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis was set to October 5, 2021.

The Board denied an increased rating for chronic sinusitis with sinus headaches, to include rhinitis, and denied service connection for a separate headache disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of headaches, to include as secondary to tinnitus, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and to address pre-decisional duty to assist errors.