Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's TBI, OSA, and diabetes mellitus, type II have been granted service connection.,Service connection for these conditions is established based on direct evidence of their onset during active duty.

The Veteran's service connection claims for left shoulder disability, right elbow disability, migraines, and residuals of TBI are granted. However, the Veteran's claim for increased rating for residuals of TBI is remanded due to insufficient detail in the VA examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request for a waiver of overpayment debt in the amount of $15,310.52 due to no fault on his part and against equity and good conscience.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities or a nexus between these conditions and service.,No VA medical examination was provided as required by law.

The Veteran's TBI with vertigo is being remanded for further evaluation and rating due to the need for an appropriate VA examination by a specialist in physiatry, psychiatry, neurology, or neurosurgery.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to his in-service head injury, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has found pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining military personnel and service treatment records from the Veteran's Reserve service, confirming his periods of active-duty, ADT, IDT, and Reserve service, and obtaining SSA records. These claims are remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder, finding it is related to the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability. Service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury was denied as there is no probative evidence of an in-service TBI.

The Veteran's service connection claims for migraine headaches and traumatic brain injury residuals were denied as the evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and active service.,There was no credible continuity of symptomatology, and the Veteran's recent statements about his symptoms being related to service are considered self-serving.

The Board has remanded the claim for a TBI due to an error in duty to assist, and requires a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran currently has a TBI that is related to his service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, cervical spine disorder, headaches, and multiple musculoskeletal disorders have been denied. The Board found no evidence of current disabilities or a nexus to service.

The Veteran's combined rating for service-connected disabilities was calculated correctly at 60 percent. The appeal is dismissed as the decision to calculate the combined rating was not final when the Veteran appealed it.

The Veteran's TBI and loss of taste have been granted separate ratings, with a special monthly compensation for higher level of aid and attendance. The effective dates are not specified.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury and Headaches.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of May 30, 2019, for a 70 percent rating for service-connected PTSD with depression and TBI residuals. The decision found that worsening in disability was factually ascertainable within one year prior to the date of receipt of his January 9, 2020 claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as there is no current disability of TBI at any time during or proximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Veteran's TBI and migraine headaches are granted as service-connected. The cervical spine, lumbar spine, and bilateral knee disabilities are remanded for further review.

The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current disability of bilateral hearing loss and is remanding the case for further examination to determine if there are any residuals from a head injury. The decision on service connection remains pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his ankle, knee, cold injury residuals, sciatica, TBI, and bilateral eye disorders. The RO will obtain any missing records from his service period in Germany and conduct further evaluations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for TBI, migraines, and tinnitus are granted with effective dates of June 26, 2018.