Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and migraine headaches, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for migraines as secondary to the service-connected depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected migraines, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for malaria due to missing evidence and incomplete medical opinions.

The Board granted an effective date of December 21, 2021, for the award of a 10 percent rating for GERD and remanded other issues related to GERD, PTSD, and service connection.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent prior to October 5, 2022, for a headache disability due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the case for an additional VA examination to assess the severity and manifestations of the Veteran's service-connected tension headaches.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for decompensating esophoria without diplopia and migraine headaches, including migraine variants (secondary to decompensating esophoria without diplopia), as an adequate medical opinion was not obtained.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected TBI and remanded the claim for service connection for headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding the evidence to be approximately evenly balanced that the Veteran's migraines were caused by in-service exposures.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for the Veteran's migraines, finding that the evidence more nearly approximates the criteria for a higher rating than not.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines as the evidence did not show very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board remands the claim for an initial increased disability rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted eligibility for attorney's fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2024 rating decision for an increased initial rating of 50 percent for the service-connected headache disability.

The Board granted an effective date of January 12, 2022, for the award of a 50 percent initial disability rating for an unspecified headache disability.

The claims for service connection and increased ratings are remanded to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding treatment records and adequate VA medical examinations.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for TMJ disorder and headaches, as well as the claim for an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits, to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the effects of medications on the severity of these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied it for migraine headaches, while remanding claims for left ankle, right ankle, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's migraine headaches are due to or aggravated by his service-connected UDD with sleep disturbance.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left shoulder, lumbar spine, left wrist, headache, and spinal stroke disabilities as there was no evidence of chronic in-service symptoms or a nexus to an in-service injury.