Migraines & headaches Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and migraine headaches due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and a low back condition, restored the 30 percent rating for right knee patellofemoral syndrome with Baker's cyst disability, and remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and chronic sinusitis.

The appeal regarding service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and migraine headaches was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his request.

The Veteran was granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and a 70 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, effective from the dates of service connection.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia, finding it to be a symptom of the Veteran's non-service-connected psychiatric disorder. The claim for headaches was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, increased ratings, and TDIU, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability beginning September 29, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of headaches to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD), recurrent, with unspecified anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder from February 27, 2023, but denied a higher rating. The service connection for mixed anxiety disorder was dismissed.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the claim for service connection for unspecified headaches, to include as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of migraine headaches to obtain additional evidence and a medical examination.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's current condition is causally related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for liver disability, remanded the claims for PTSD and migraines for further development.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 4, 2017, for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea but denied an earlier effective date prior to September 9, 2019, for service connection for migraine tension headaches.

The appeal for service connection for headaches and tinnitus was withdrawn by the appellant before a decision was made.

The Board denied service connection for headaches as there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravation, and the Veteran's statements were not supported by her medical records.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, and remanded the claims for a left knee disability, right knee disability, and migraines due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for anxiety with depression and insomnia from October 9, 2023, but denied a compensable rating for migraines prior to November 9, 2023. A 50 percent rating was also granted for migraines from November 9, 2023, to December 18, 2023, and the claim for a compensable rating for migraine from December 19, 2023, was denied.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a compensable disability rating for the Veteran's trochanteric pain syndrome with limitation of flexion of the right thigh, as well as migraines including migraine variants.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for depression, restored the rating of 40% for degenerative disc disease of the spine, and granted a 30% rating for dyspepsia and unspecified abdominal pain from March 1, 2024.