BVA Decisions on Headache

118 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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• CAVCCase 23-6651 — Affirmed 2024-08-21
  In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
• CAVCCase 11-3732 — Affirmed / Remanded 2011-05-02
  The Board denied disability compensation for headaches,noting that (1)evidence demonstrating headaches in service related the headaches to the appellant's sinus problems, and the a...
• CAVCCase 19-5724 — Vacated / Remanded 2019-04-26
  She also argues in her initial brief that an August 1990 rating decision never addressed whether this evidence from 1989 and 1990 was new and material evidence within the meaning o...
• CAVCCase 23-2226 — Remanded 2024-07-31
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals a March 3,2023, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)obstructive slee...
• CAVCCase 23-5618 — Affirmed 2024-11-25
  McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
• CAVCCase 19-2504 — Unknown 2018-12-18
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a December 18,2018,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a neck condition and bilatera...
• CAVCCase 23-2829 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-09-30
  However,after weighing the evidence,the Board found the veteran's contemporaneous statements at separation from service,which denied headaches and muscle pain,to be more credible t...
• CAVCCase 22-1946 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-09-16
  VA advised him that the claim was previously denied in February 1981 and that he needed to submit new and material evidence to reopen it....
• CAVCCase 22-5983 — Affirmed 2022-09-13
  Parties'Arguments The appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases because the Board did not sufficiently consider the January 2016...
• CAVCCase 19-8927 — Unknown 2019-08-20
  The appellant ,through counsel, appeals an August 20,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board found no clear and unmistakable error (CUE)in an October 16,1...
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
• CAVCCase 07-0882 — Vacated / Remanded 2006-11-28
  , through counsel,appeals a November 28,2006,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for entitlement to service connection for left and right...
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bila...
• CAVCCase 22-2306 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-12-29
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a December 29,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)asthma,manifested by shortn...
• CAVCCase 20-1455 — Vacated / Remanded 2019-12-27
  In October 2003, the appellant requested that his disability compensation claim for the back be reopened based on new and material evidence....
• CAVCCase 19-7428 — Remanded / Vacated 2019-08-05
  The examiner noted that the appellant's headaches are not related to his TBI,but he did develop some personality changes following his in-service head injury,which he believes have...
• CAVCCase 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated 2024-11-27
  The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
• CAVCCase 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-08-13
  The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
• CAVCCase 18-4571 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 1992-08-24
  The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen previously denied claims for benefits for right ear hearing loss and...
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated 1996-11-26
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 21-5718 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-30
  For the following reasons,the Court will vacate the Board's decision to the extent that the Board failed to address the reasonably raised issue of entitlement to secondary service ...
• CAVCCase 24-4734 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  August 2018 Board Denial In August 2018,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a headache disorder....
• CAVCCase 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2012-02-29
  The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
• CAVCCase 20-3955 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-02-13
  The Board denied entitlement to (1)a disability rating in excess of 10%for left knee meniscectomy under Diagnostic Code 5257; (2)a rating in excess of 10%for limitation of left kne...
• CAVCCase 92-1347 — Affirmed 1944-03-09
  The appellant, 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 d...
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 13-1245 — Vacated / Reversed / Remanded 2015-11-18
  Specifically,the Board found that the October 1973 RO decision became final when the RO denied the substance of the hearing loss claim in September 2003 and the veteran failed to a...
• CAVCCase 23-4310 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-11-14
  The Board found that neither the October 2020 nor the November 2020 examiner had adequately addressed whether VA had acted carelessly or negligently by not properly numbing the inc...
• CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated 1980-10-12
  The 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....
• CAVCCase 22-491 — Unknown 2021-09-28
  3 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
• CAVCCase 22-4979 — Unknown 2022-06-06
  The appellant signed an application for expeditious discharge,acknowledging that the medical board found him, because of disability,unfit for retention,and that he waived his right...
• CAVCCase 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-02
  The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
• CAVCCase 21-4626 — Affirmed 2021-05-04
  The appellant's conditions were not related to either his chemical exposure or service in any way because carpal tunnel has nothing to do with external occupational exposures....
• CAVCCase 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-01-14
  Based upon these facts,and a discharge examination revealing no pulmonary abnormalities ,the physician concluded that the veteran had mild asbestosis but that it was more likely th...
• CAVCCase 20-3257 — Unknown 2020-02-06
  LAURER, Judge : United States Army veteran appeals,through counsel,a February 6,2020,Board of Veterans�Appeals (Board)decision determining that there was no new and material eviden...
• CAVCCase 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-21
  The appellant's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
• CAVCCase 23-6490 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-11-25
  The appellant appeals through counsel a September 6,2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding no new and material evidence sufficient to reopen previously denied claim...
• CAVCCase 21-3036 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-02-02
  On February 2,2021,the Board denied a rating in excess of 20%for the back disability, including a separate rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy prior to August 1...
• CAVCCase 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-08-13
  In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
• CAVCCase 20-0205 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-10-22
  In October 2017,the Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased disability rating for headaches....
• CAVCCase 16-3128 — Affirmed 2016-07-11
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a July 11,2016,decision of the Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)that,among other things,(1) determined that the appellant had not submitted n...
• CAVCCase 91-1665 — Vacated / Remanded 1987-02-12
  The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Secretary's imposition by regulation of a causal nexus requirement, i....
• CAVCCase 93-644 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1995-04-14
  In 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"....
• CAVCCase 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-17
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic ...
• CAVCCase 24-7144 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2026-01-15
  He underwent an examination the following month;the VA examiner diagnosed moderate-to-severe triscaphe joint osteoarthritis,but she opined that the condition was less likely than n...
• CAVCCase 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
• CAVCCase 03-2135 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2003-08-19
  innitus (a noise in the ears such as ringing, buzzing, roaring, or clicking), and (3) found that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen his service- connection b...
• CAVCCase 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-04-16
  at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....
• CAVCCase 11-2889 — Affirmed 2011-08-05
  Specifically,the Board denied (1)the PTSD claim because there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD (R....
• CAVCCase 23-7340 — Granted / Denied In Part 2025-04-10
  The appellant sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until F...
• CAVCCase 98-157 — Affirmed
  In August 1984, the VARO notified the appellant that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim....
• CAVCCase 21-1135 — Reversed 2021-01-07
  The Board noted that the August 2019 examiner considered the [v]eteran's contentions that he injured his neck while in service and that he still had symptoms....
• CAVCCase 22-0960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-11-24
  Later that month,VA simply found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen a previously denied head injury claim....
• CAVCCase 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / Reversed / Remanded 1995-06-26
  A 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...
• CAVCCase 21-8248 — Unknown 2021-12-01
  In a July 2017 rating decision,the RO declined to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder,claimed as nerves, depression,anxiety,and post-trauma...
• CAVCCase 20-5236 — Unknown 2022-06-21
  23 The decision acknowledged the testimony that the severity of [appellant's]headaches [have]been characteristic of prostrating attacks since 2009, but the Board found that the evi...
• CAVCCase 16-3738 — Affirmed 2016-10-13
  In July 2007, the appellant underwent another VA examination with the same examiner, who diagnosed the appellant with lumbosacral strain with minimal arthritis and reiterated his o...
• CAVCCase 09-4612 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2009-09-03
  On May 23,1989,the Board denied a disability rating for headaches in excess of 10%....
• CAVCCase 22-6636 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-02-21
  at 920,and opined that the appellant's hypertension was not related to his sinusitis....
• CAVCCase 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-10-10
  Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
• CAVCCase 12-1427 — Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-29
  examination and opinion as to whether the appellant's back condition is related to service (medical nexus opinion)....
• CAVCCase 19-6325 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2019-05-17
  The appellant argues that (1)VA failed to evaluate his conditions on an extraschedular basis;(2)VA failed to consider his headaches condition in relation to his 1999 application fo...
• CAVCCase 09-1567 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2009-02-28
  The Court concludes that the Board erred in referring, rather than remanding or adjudicating the dental claim....
• CAVCCase 95-574 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1987-05-01
  FARLEY, Judge : This is an appeal from a March 10, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been subm...
• CAVCCase 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2020-04-22
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• CAVCCase 22-0363 — Affirmed 2011-01-22
  The parties filed a joint motion for remand wherein they agreed that (1)the issue of entitlement to TDIU was reasonably raised prior to 2008,(2)the Board erred by finding that TBI ...
• CAVCCase 17-4391 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2017-09-19
  hat condition encompassed claims for benefits for all of his cardiovascular conditions and that the Board failed to consider entitlement to benefits for those conditions....
• CAVCCase 21-5726 — Unknown 2021-06-01
  1 Appellant asks the Court to reverse the Board�s finding that VA satisfied its duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 20-2734 — Unknown 2020-03-03
  2 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that the appellant....
• CAVCCase 23-3526 — Unknown 2024-09-25
  at 32,398-405,and in a June 2020 decision,the Board denied a disability rating higher than 10% for tinnitus,R....
• CAVCCase 19-2158 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-01-10
  To the extent that the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 4,2007,for the 50%rating for PTSD,the appellant raises no arguments challenging that deci...
• CAVCCase 23-6142 — Remanded 2025-03-21
  For the reasons that follow,the Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that denied an initial disability rating higher than 30%for headaches and failed to consider a to...
• CAVCCase 23-1474 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-06-18
  Accordingly,the Board determined that a new medical examination was necessary to clarify any chronic lymphatic disorder present during the appellate time period and its relationshi...
• CAVCCase 09-4352 — Reversed / Remanded 2009-10-19
  of a head injury, a neck disability claimed as neck pain,vision loss,and slow speech,and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claims for entitl...
• CAVCCase 22-2229 — Unknown 2021-12-20
  Based on the evaluation,the examiner determined that the claimed cervical spine condition is less likely than not related to military service....
• CAVCCase 11-0493 — Affirmed 2010-12-01
  The appellant has not established that the Board committed prejudicial error in (1) applying the rating schedule for mental disorders and assigning disability ratings for his adjus...
• CAVCCase 23-5580 — Unknown 2024-11-19
  The Board noted that in an April 2016 opinion,the veteran's treating VA provider stated that a medical article linked PTSD and TBI to OSA and opined that it is more likely than not...
• CAVCCase 17-4239 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-10-27
  The Board denied entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10%for the period prior to August 16,2011,in a July 2013 decision....