Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, a left knee condition, and a back condition to ensure proper notice and an opportunity for VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, but denied service connection for right and left upper extremity radiculopathy and osteoarthritis of the right hip.

The Veteran's migraine headaches, including migraines variants, are granted a disability rating of 50 percent effective from May 14, 2024.

The Board found that the reduction in the rating for migraine headaches from 30 percent to 0 percent, effective February 1, 2025, was proper based on sustained improvement in the Veteran's disability.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected rhinitis and sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for migraines as secondary to the Veteran's cervical spine disability and chronic sinusitis prior to August 10, 2022 due to toxic exposure risk activities during service.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for lumbar radiculopathy of the left lower extremity femoral nerve, but remanded other issues for further development.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for headaches with light sensitivity, denied a compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis, and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board remands the issue of whether new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the claim for service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction. Service connection was granted for a lumbar spine disorder, headaches, and dizziness. The TDIU claim was dismissed as moot.

The Board denied service connection for neck condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, injury to head, migraines, and vision loss as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability related to service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 21, 2013, for a 50 percent rating for migraines.

The Veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder from July 12, 2021 to December 19, 2022 and a 50 percent rating for headaches from March 29, 2019 to June 10, 2021.

The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to consider them further.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Board Appeal request.

The Board denied TDIU and DEA prior to June 26, 2022 but granted SMC effective April 21, 2023.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for tension migraines, as the Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month over the last several months.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's depressive disorder, fibromyalgia, sciatic radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (LLE), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and tension headaches. The Board also denied service connection for fatigue.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, due to a predecisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied a compensable rating prior to January 18, 2019, and a rating in excess of 30 percent from that date for the Veteran's service-connected migraines.