Migraines & headaches — all decisions

The Veteran's service-connected traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches have rendered him unable to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment, thus granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial rating for PTSD, a higher initial rating for headaches, and TDIU.

The Board denied increased ratings for tension headaches and generalized anxiety disorder with panic disorder and agoraphobia, as well as service connection for a partial tear of the left achilles tendon.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral eye disability (pinguecula and dry eye syndrome) on a direct basis, but dismissed claims for earlier effective dates and service connections for PTSD, rectal bleeding, left leg condition, and other neuropathies. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for the 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and a right ankle strain, but remanded the claim for a skin disability.

The Board granted an effective date of November 26, 2018 for the award of a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing during its pendency.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dizziness and balance problems, as well as an increased rating for migraine headaches, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a headache disability, finding that it is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities, headaches, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy. It also dismissed the claims for higher ratings of reactive airway disease, allergic rhinitis, and PTSD, denied service connection for CFS and TBI, and granted a 30% rating for IBS.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable disability rating for headaches, service connection for adjustment disorder, and service connection for left knee pain due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for neck, shoulder, low back, hip, headache, and tinnitus disabilities as there was insufficient evidence of a present disability or functional impairment related to the claimed conditions during or proximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine headaches, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination and medical opinion to address the Veteran's headache disability, including whether it is related to service or secondary to service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the matter for further opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's headaches.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for tinnitus, joint and back pains, and migraines due to untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for a vestibular disability, a headache disability secondary to the vestibular disability, obstructive sleep apnea secondary to service-connected disabilities, bilateral pes planus aggravated during service, and bilateral plantar fasciitis. The claim for chronic sinusitis was denied.

The Board granted restoration of the Veteran's disability rating for allergic rhinitis with traumatic deviated nasal septum to 30 percent, effective June 1, 2025, and dismissed the appeal regarding a compensable rating for migraines.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service headaches and his current diagnosis of migraines.

The Board granted an effective date of March 18, 2023, for the award of a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches.