Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lower back, upper back, balance issues, and traumatic brain injury due to a need for additional evidence.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for revision of the effective date of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with anxious distress, with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The Board remands the appeal to correct errors in satisfying its duties under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A, including missing service records and a lack of appropriate medical opinions.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for TBI residuals from November 27, 2022, but denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and dismissed the appeal seeking service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for residuals, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, left calf, and moderate traumatic brain injury with residual headaches due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, right knee disability, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) as the evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for TBI residuals and migraine headaches due to a duty to assist error, as no VA examination was conducted prior to the September 2020 AOJ decision.

The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable evaluation for traumatic brain injury due to inadequate VA examination findings regarding memory loss.

The Board denied service connection for a broken nose, deviated septum, low back disability, left foot numbness, right foot numbness, sinus disability, left elbow and forearm disability, left knee disability, and right shoulder strain. Service connection was granted for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and left hamstring strain. The Board also denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with residuals of a traumatic brain injury, an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches, an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for fibromyalgia, and an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea. The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability as a result of service-connected disabilities prior to December 1, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remanded claims for obstructive hydrocephalus and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis.

The Board denied an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for migraines, but remanded the issue of service connection for TBI.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and earlier effective dates for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and deviated nasal septum (DNS), dating the claims back to March 1995.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for a left knee disability and service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied increased ratings for knee strain, TBI, and tinnitus while granting a 50% rating for tension headaches. Service connection was also denied for left ear hearing loss.

The Board granted an effective date of October 6, 2020 for a 70 percent rating for PTSD and a separate 10 percent rating for TBI.

The Board denied the claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for TBI with depressive disorder and alcohol abuse disorder in full sustained remission, and vertigo, for accrued benefits purposes.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, a rating in excess of 10 percent for contact dermatitis, and whether the reduction from 30 percent to zero percent for migraine headaches was proper. The claim for TDIU is also remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct link between the TBI and his time in service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the ratings of posttraumatic headache/migraines disorder, PTSD with dyssomnia, tic disorder, and residuals of TBI, and BPPV to April 12, 2017.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and increased evaluations, resulting in the dismissal of all issues.