BVA Decisions on Headache
84 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving headache — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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| Rating | Monthly (2026, incl. 2.8% COLA) |
|---|---|
| 10% | $180.42 |
| 20% | $356.66 |
| 30% | $552.47 |
| 40% | $795.84 |
| 50% | $1,132.90 |
| 60% | $1,435.02 |
| 70% | $1,808.45 |
| 80% | $2,102.15 |
| 90% | $2,362.30 |
| 100% | $3,938.58 |
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CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
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CAVCCase 92-1347 — Affirmed June 21, 1994Glynn, had not submitted new and material evidence regarding his claim for service connection for a back condition, and thus refused to reopen this previously and finally denied cl...
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CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated March 22, 1993The Board concluded that there was no evidence of MS in service or within the seven-year period for establishing service connection for MS on a presumptive basis (see 38 U....
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CAVCCase 91-1665 — Vacated / Remanded March 30, 1995The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Secretary's imposition by regulation of a causal nexus requirement, i....
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CAVCCase 93-644 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
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CAVCCase 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 26, 1995A February 2, 1988, VA letter, notifying the veteran that her appeal period had expired and that new and material evidence was needed to reopen her claim, was sent to her at the Wa...
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BVACase 240530-443263 — Denied / Remanded April 15, 2025Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
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CAVCCase 98-772 — Affirmed September 20, 1999In a rating decision of November 1994, the VA regional office (RO) confirmed and continued the denial of the appellant's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury...
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CAVCCase 92-970 — Unknown April 17, 1996On May 21, 1992, the Board denied a schedular evaluation greater than 10% for the service- connected left mandible condition but granted an additional 10% evaluation for that condi...
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CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
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BVACase 23029996 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded May 23, 2023The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
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CAVCCase 91-1682 — Vacated / Denied March 12, 1993Because the Court concludes that the BVA failed to fulfill its statutory duty to assist appellant in developing his claim for service connection for PTSD pursuant to 38 U....
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CAVCCase 95-310 — Remanded / Denied / Vacated November 10, 1998sychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the Board also concluded that new and material evidence had not been presented or secured to reopen his previo...
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CAVCCase 97-828 — Granted / Denied / Vacated March 30, 1999In the 1997 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied the PTSD claim because it was "based on noncombat-related unverified stressors", and because corroboration of an in-servic...
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CAVCCase 96-1624 — Affirmed July 21, 1998The Board concluded that the veteran did not suffer from any disability as a result of the administration of LSD-25....
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BVACase 23007415 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 6, 202318-30 679 DATE: February 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is reopened, and to that extent o...
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CAVCCase 96-1695 — Denied / Affirmed October 30, 1998The RO declined to reopen the claim, finding that new and material evidence had not been introduced and that PTSD was not noted in the record....
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CAVCCase 90-720 — Vacated / Affirmed February 18, 19943 On July 20, 1988, the rating board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headaches, peripheral vascular disease, and venous insufficiency....
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BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
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CAVCCase 92-1235 — Unknown December 20, 1995In the June 30, 1992, BVA decision, here on appeal, the Board denied entitlement to service connection for Huntington's chorea and vascular headaches....
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CAVCCase 90-1306 — Affirmed / Granted / Denied April 28, 1993chronic psychiatric disorder, panic disorder, was first manifested many years after service and is not related to service....
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BVACase 20-4075 — UnknownBe- cause the Veterans Court properly interpreted the new and material evidence rule in 38 C....
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BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 202420-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
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CAVCCase 91-266 — Denied / Remanded December 21, 1992Cuevas appeals from a November 9, 1990, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied his previously disallowed claim for service connection for hearing lo...
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CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
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CAVCCase 93-493 — Vacated February 4, 1994§ 5107(a), that "the facts relevant to the issue on appeal have been properly and adequately developed", and that VA had complied with its statutory duty to assist....
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CAVCCase 96-1596 — Granted / Affirmed September 8, 1998FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an October 16, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that the veteran had failed to submit new and mater...
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DecisionCase 23030797 — Granted / Remanded May 25, 202319-12304A DATE: May 25, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence has been received to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for hypothyroidism....
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BVACase 06-1943 — GrantedGambill’s case, the Board concluded that the examiner who conducted the consultation examination “did not adequately address the etiology of [Mr....
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CAVCCase 97-1780 — Remanded / Vacated April 21, 1999The appellant also alleges that the Board failed to adjudicate his claim for an earlier effective date for his lumbosacral spine disorder and that that issue should be remanded to ...
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CAVCCase 91-861 — Vacated March 22, 1993The Court holds that appellant did not submit new and material evidence to warrant the reopening of his claim which had been the subject of previous final denials....
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CAVCCase 01-2105 — Vacated / Remanded December 23, 2004Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its decision, the decision will be vacated and the matter remanded to the Board for further action...
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CAVCCase 91-1535 — Reversedheld that: (1) claims were properly reopened; (2) remand was required for assignment of disability rating for reopened nervous disorder claim; and (3) Board's finding that five-yea...
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BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
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BVACase 22039631 — Remanded / Vacated July 12, 2022In February 2022, CAVC evaluated the Board's April 2021 decision and determined that the Board erred in failing to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases in support of i...
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BVACase 221110-294734 — Denied / Granted / Remanded December 20, 2024The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
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BVACase 210114-136617 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 17, 2024If evidence was submitted either (1) during the period after the AOJ issued the decision on appeal and prior to the date the Board received the VA Form 10182, or (2) more than 90 d...
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CAVCCase 92-1410 — Vacated / Remanded February 8, 1994Kightly, appeals the July 24, 1992, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen appel...
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BVACase 23034679 — Granted / Denied / Remanded June 20, 2023As new and material evidence (NME) has not been received, the claim to reopen entitlement to service connection for a back condition is denied....
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BVACase 221114-297761 — Denied / Remanded March 13, 2025The question for the Board is whether the Veteran has a current disability that began during service or is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or dise...
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CAVCCase 95-395 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 9, 1997Suozzi, appeals a January 7, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his claim for service c...
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CAVCCase 96-947 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 20, 1999Additionally, the Board concluded that the veteran had never filed a Substantive Appeal as to claims for service connection for varicose 2 veins of the right leg and for an increas...
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BVACase 220615-251909 — Denied / Granted / Remanded January 7, 2025Service Connection Generally, in order to prove service connection, there must be competent, credible evidence of (1) a current disability, (2) in-service incurrence or aggravation...
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CAVCCase 90-1133 — Affirmed September 30, 1992In the decision under appeal, the Board determined that the evidence the veteran had submitted after the 1987 decision did not provide a new factual basis for establishing the clai...
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BVACase 11-726 — ReversedThe Board found that Beraud’s 1985 claim for service connection became final upon final denial of an identical claim in 1990....
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CAVCCase 98-1410 — Dismissed / Affirmed July 21, 2000The Board found that further development was required with respect to the veteran's claims for headaches, insomnia, mild obstructive airway disease, metallic taste in his mouth, an...
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CAVCCase 03-1204 — Vacated / Remanded July 20, 2006Bradford's appeal from a May 9, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to...
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BVACase 230228-327199 — Denied March 27, 2025Duty to Assist VA has a duty to assist claimants in obtaining evidence to substantiate their claims until the time VA issues a notice of decision on a claim....
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DecisionCase 200226-72109 — Granted / Remanded May 14, 2024019 VA examiner's negative conclusion, which relied on the fact that the right wrist disability was not service connected at the time of the examination, the opinion's rationale is...
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BVACase 191209-55231 — Granted / Remanded February 14, 2024If evidence was submitted either (1) during the period after the AOJ issued the decision on appeal and prior to the Board hearing, or (2) more than 90 days following the hearing, t...
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CAVCCase 95-904 — Affirmed October 15, 1999The Board determined that his claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and a neck disorder were not well grounded....
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CAVCCase 95-497 — Affirmed February 26, 1997a November 1973 effective date for total disability, and that found the appellant had not presented new and material evidence to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause...
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CAVCCase 97-1054 — Reversed August 19, 1998In the April 8, 1997, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied as not well grounded the veteran's claim on the ground of an absence of evidence of a nexus between the veteran'...
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CAVCCase 96-1170 — Reversed / Affirmed September 7, 1999Baldwin asserted that the original denial of his claim constituted a failure on the part of VA in its duty to assist him, lacked adequate reasons or bases, and was violative of VA ...
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BVACase 23012743 — Granted / Denied March 2, 2023The Veteran's headache disorder did not have its onset in, and is not related to, her service....
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CAVCCase 94-557 — Reversed / Denied / Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed November 14, 1997A June 1979 RO decision granted a 30% rating for service-connected congestive heart failure, effective on July 15, 1978, and concluded that CDD and related muscle atrophy were not ...
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BVACase 190913-290924 — Remanded December 13, 2022However, neither private examiner provided a nexus opinion on whether his psychiatric conditions are due to service....
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BVACase 23047014 — Denied August 24, 2023ion nor the September 2020 addendum opinion address the October 1985 VA examination;" and (2) "[I]t failed to address the probative value of the May 2002 private medical opinion....
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CAVCCase 90-142 — Unknown September 16, 1991Although the Board increased the veteran's rating for his service-connected disability from 10 percent to 30 percent, the Board failed to assess properly the veteran's condition in...
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CAVCCase 94-1110 — Affirmed April 7, 1998At the time of his death, the veteran was not service connected for any disability....
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BVACase 210425-155589 — Denied / Remanded December 20, 2024To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....
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CAVCCase 91-1565 — Unknown June 11, 1993On January 15, 1980, a medical board noted appellant's "chronic persistent mild to moderate right hemiscrotal discomfort" and recommended that appellant would be more effective if ...
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BVACase 19-2640 — UnknownGudinas challenges the DVA’s determination of the effective date for his 100 percent rating, arguing that his 2015 submission regarding PTSD constituted new and material evidence r...
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BVACase 230831-373372 — Denied / Granted September 28, 2023, there is a nexus, or link, between something that happened in service and the Veteran's disability....
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CAVCCase 97-62 — Affirmed March 25, 1998Bostain, widow of veteran Carl Bostain, appeals a September 26, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) which determined that she had not submitted new and ...
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CAVCCase 03-0506 — Remanded / Vacated October 28, 2004The appellant also asserts that even if his headaches did not satisfy all criteria for a 50% rating, the Board erred by requiring total satisfaction rather than determining which r...
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BVACase 24025166 — Denied / Granted July 2, 2024Thereafter, the Board denied service connection for the Veteran's headaches in a September 2020 decision....
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BVACase 10-3387 — UnknownDepatment of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) had met its duty to assist Mr....
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BVACase 23045289 — Denied / Granted August 15, 2023A grant for service connection for a disability requires: (1) a present disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability; (2) an in-service incurrence or aggravation ...
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BVACase 210614-166291 — Denied August 21, 2024The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
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BVACase 23047753 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded August 30, 2023A grant for service connection for a disability requires: (1) a present disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability; (2) an in-service incurrence or aggravation ...
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BVACase 23052736 — Granted / Denied / Remanded September 22, 2023New and material evidence has been associated with the claims file since the prior final denial of entitlement to service connection for IBS in September 2013....
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CAVCCase 93-419 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 2, 1994In balancing the evidence, the Board found the absence of objective evidence documenting multiple sclerosis during service or within the seven-year presumption period following ser...
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BVACase 15-975 — ReversedThe Board reopened Saun- ders’s knee claim, concluding the additional evidence she offered was new and material, but denied her claim on the merits....
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BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
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BVACase 24032573 — Denied November 1, 2024The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
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DecisionCase 23010056 — Denied / Vacated February 16, 2023In December of 2019, the Board denied, in relevant part, entitlement to service connection for Meniere's disease....
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BVACase 230717-367795 — Denied / Remanded November 20, 2023If evidence was submitted during the period after the AOJ issued the decision, which was subsequently subject to higher-level review the Board did not consider it in its decision....
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BVACase 05-1462 — Reversed / RemandedIn remanding the reopened claim to the RO, the board noted that Comer had been diagnosed with PTSD and that “it generally appears that the diagnosis of PTSD is related to service....
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DecisionCase 23030073 — Denied May 23, 2023In a June 2022 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) Joint Motion for Remand (JMR), the Court vacated the July 2021 decision and remanded the case because the April 2021 exa...