Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia disorder, mild neurocognitive disorder with residuals of a TBI and migraine headaches.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for PTSD and residuals of a TBI, to include migraine headaches, but denied earlier effective dates for lumbosacral strain, cervical DDD, right upper extremity radiculopathy associated with cervical DDD, and left upper extremity radiculopathy associated with cervical DDD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of a headache disability and residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) disability.

The Veteran's surviving spouse was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected Parkinson's Disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea and traumatic brain injury.

The Board remands the claims for a cervical strain, OSA, chronic headaches, low back disability, and TBI to obtain additional evidence and examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder, heart disorder, low back disorder, neck disorder, traumatic brain injury, left knee fracture to include a strain with osteoarthritis, and sleep apnea.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI from July 6, 2018 to May 7, 2020 and an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI from May 8, 2020.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and TBI with intermittent dizziness, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and hypertension, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board granted a separate disability rating of 40 percent for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a separate evaluation of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions and a higher rating for coronary artery disease (CAD) due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for TBI, finding no reasonably raised claims prior to July 15, 2010.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI and a separate rating for residuals of a TBI, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury and a pulmonary condition, granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for dry eye syndrome, right eye, but did not grant a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to a lack of evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities required regular aid and attendance from another person.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for revision or reversal of rating decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) without prejudice.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent evaluation for TBI with BPPV and memory loss effective from April 9, 2021, to June 22, 2021, and Chapter 35 DEA benefits for the same period. The grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was denied an earlier effective date.

The Board remands the claim for a TBI to schedule an appropriate VA examination due to an inadequate medical opinion provided in May 2024.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for Meniere's disease and TBI, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 12, 2017, for a separate rating of TBI.