Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of May 4, 2021 for the award of a 70 percent rating for traumatic brain injury with posttraumatic stress disorder and vertigo.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD, denied service connection for Peyronie's disease and TBI, readjudicated the prior denials of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine disability, left hand tremors, right hand tremors, head tremors, and denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for urinary incontinence or a bladder injury and fecal incontinence as resulting from a February 2017 inguinal hernia surgery at a VA facility. The Board also reinstated the ratings for left hip strain, right hip strain, and left knee strain.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury as there is no evidence of a current TBI that had onset in or is otherwise related to service.

The Board granted service connection for right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the service-connected cervical spine DDD, and increased the rating of post concussive headache associated with TBI to 50 percent effective August 20, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) as the evidence of record does not support a finding that the Veteran has a diagnosed TBI that began during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for posttraumatic headaches, TBI with residuals of loss of taste and smell, and dizziness due to a need for further medical evidence.

The Board grants service connection for traumatic brain injury based on the combat presumption under 38 U.S.C. § 1154(b).

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a traumatic brain injury due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, requiring VA to obtain a medical opinion.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from August 22, 2011, to March 26, 2021, but the claim for a separate rating since March 26, 2021, was denied.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic headaches from February 10, 2020.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for bronchial asthma and denied service connection for traumatic brain injury to include as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a separate evaluation for PTSD and a rating greater than 70 percent for TBI with PTSD, as the evidence did not support a higher or separate rating.

The Board remands the service connection claim for residuals of a traumatic brain injury due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted an effective date of July 22, 2009, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for panic disorder with agoraphobia and major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, in partial remission with traumatic brain injury with residual neurocognitive disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with TBI residuals were granted a 100 percent rating effective June 18, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the Veteran's combat-related TBI and its continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the Veteran's in-service head injuries and current symptoms.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for TBI residuals, a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with TBI, and a 50 percent disability rating for headaches.

The appeal for a higher initial rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with insomnia and related conditions was dismissed due to concurrent election of administrative review options.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for stress incontinence, vaginitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis, anxiety disorder with TBI, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with patellar dislocation, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings were also dismissed. The Board remanded several other claims for further development.