Migraines & headaches decisions — 2026

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions provided in his VA examinations. The claims include tension headaches, a psychiatric disability (diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder), a cervical spine disorder, hand tremors, a lumbosacral spine disorder, a gastrointestinal disorder, and residuals of a hydrocele.

The Veteran's migraine headaches, lower back disability, and tinnitus are all found to have resulted from her military service.,The Veteran withdrew her appeal for residuals of food poisoning at her hearing.

The Veteran's service-connected chronic sinusitis and tension headaches are rated at the maximum allowable under VA regulations. The Veteran's TBI-related cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dysfunction with unspecified personality disorder and cannabis use disorder is also rated at the maximum allowable.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the assigned 30 percent rating for migraine headaches is dismissed because it stems from a rating decision implementing a Board decision, which cannot be appealed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment starting March 1, 2012. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this period.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headache disability, but has remanded the issue of entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The TDIU issue requires additional development as it was not properly addressed in the original decision.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of February 3, 2022 for a 70% disability rating for PTSD is granted. The claim for an earlier effective date than May 24, 2024 for a 30% disability rating for migraines is denied. The claim for TDIU prior to March 31, 2023 is also denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates prior to November 22, 2023, for pansinusitis and allergic rhinitis have been granted. The claims for service connection for migraine headaches and obstructive sleep apnea with asthma were also granted with an effective date of June 21, 2016.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied because the evidence did not show that his service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's bilateral knee strain, lumbosacral strain, and migraine and tension headaches are found to have had their onset during service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.,The Veteran's preexisting bilateral pes cavus was aggravated by active duty service. Service connection is granted for this condition.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were not characterized by characteristic prostrating attacks, and the Board denied a compensable rating.

Service connection is denied for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Restless Leg Syndrome of the Left Lower Extremity, and Respiratory Disability (claimed as Respiratory Insufficiency).,Service connection is granted for a skin disability (claimed as Dermatitis and Eczema).

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are supported by evidence of in-service noise exposure and continuity of symptomatology.,Service connection is denied for fibromyalgia due to insufficient medical evidence linking the condition to service.

The Veteran's initial rating for headaches has been granted at a 30 percent level, effective from the date of the decision. The other claims remain pending and are remanded.

The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 30 percent rating from March 28, 2022 to November 18, 2024. After that date, the Veteran was denied a higher rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is granted as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability. The Veteran's IBS is granted with hemorrhoids as secondary to the IBS.,The Veteran's chronic headaches and sinusitis are denied, but the appeal for higher ratings remains pending.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of a migraine disability, including as due to a service-connected anxiety disability.

The Board has granted an effective date of May 19, 2023 for service connection of migraine headaches and denied a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of migraines is granted with an effective date of November 18, 2022.