Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Veteran is granted an effective date of December 1, 2021, for a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition and headaches for further development, specifically to obtain private medical records.

The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy and migraine headaches, finding that both conditions started in service and have continued since then.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for migraines, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain and denied service connection for a headaches disability. The left knee condition was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, migraines, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for headaches as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current tension headaches began during active service or are related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for tension headaches, finding that the Veteran had characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over several months.

The Board granted service connection for migraines including migraine variants, finding that the Veteran's migraines are directly related to active service.

The Board remands the claim for a medical addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's migraine headaches are related to service or secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine headache disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling new examinations to clarify the Veteran's use of medication.

The Veteran's headaches, residual of closed head injury, were granted a 30 percent evaluation prior to August 25, 2016, and the claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent from that date was denied.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine headaches, finding that the evidence supports very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent evaluation for headaches effective May 1, 2023, as the reduction was not based on improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and migraines, secondary to the TBI.

The Board granted service connection for a low back condition, but remanded the claims for headaches, right and left knee conditions, neck condition, and testicular condition for further development.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to her service-connected disabilities from August 30, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, headaches, and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for migraine headaches from August 3, 2018 to November 15, 2023 and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent from November 16, 2023.