Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including headaches, nervous condition, skin lesions, sleep apnea, and heart condition/atrial fibrillation, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, headaches, and a heart condition, finding that these conditions are as likely as not related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for acquired psychiatric condition, hypertension, headaches, and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for nerve damage.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for TBI residuals (to include headaches, fatigue, and seizures) for accrued benefits purposes to obtain a retrospective etiological opinion.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the regular need of aid and attendance from March 9, 2012. SMC based on housebound status is denied.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and denied service connection for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, sleep apnea, hypertension, heart disability, headaches, erectile dysfunction, and remanded the claims for secondary service connection and TDIU.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 22, 2021, for a 30 percent rating for prolactinoma with headaches.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and an initial evaluation of 100 percent from August 10, 2022, to November 11, 2024, for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for epileptic seizures and migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board denied various claims for earlier effective dates and service connection, dismissed a claim for an earlier effective date for Cushing's syndrome, and remanded claims for erectile dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, and TDIU.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, back disability, and PTSD due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions and granted service connection for bruxism as secondary to the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for nocturnal bruxism, radiculopathy of the lower and upper extremities, and a headache disability, and assigned an initial 30 percent rating for the headache disability.

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.