Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and bilateral hearing loss, while denying service connection for asthma, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, depressive disorder, GERD, migraines (also claimed as headaches), insomnia, left hip disability, right hip disability, and plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae, migraines, hypertension, low back condition, left and right lower extremity radiculopathies as secondary to the low back condition, cervical strain with degenerative changes of the cervical spine, left and right upper extremity radiculopathies as secondary to the cervical strain, left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee condition, left and right ankle conditions.

The Board restored the 30 percent rating for migraines effective June 8, 2024, and granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and remanded claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and an initial increased rating for traumatic brain injury with generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and asthma, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for migraines due to predecisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the current disability and active duty service.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for functional abdominal pain syndrome and migraine, and granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for severe migraines, chronic lower back pain condition, acquired psychiatric disability, and high blood pressure condition due to missing records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hand arthritis and remanded claims for acute sinusitis, a bilateral knee disability, a bilateral ankle disability, headaches, right index finger fracture, and loss of focus or speech deficit.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, finding that the evidence shows his migraine headaches are aggravated by his hypertension.

The Board remands the claims for a back strain with spondylosis and vascular migraine headaches to obtain additional medical opinions without the impact of medication.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher disability ratings, as well as denied a compensable rating for left and right hip strains with impairment.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and headaches, granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome, and denied a compensable rating for left eye chorioretinal scar and a higher rating for major depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's PTSD caused her current migraines.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraines, as they are manifested by frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including headaches, tinnitus, cervical degenerative disc disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and others, as there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury relating to these disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for herpes but granted service connection for tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began during his active service and that his migraine headaches were caused by his now service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a migraine disorder and patent foramen ovale (PFO), to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.