Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability is remanded for the issuance of a Statement of the Case.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for posttraumatic headaches and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's conditions warranted higher ratings.

The Board denied service connection for obesity, a left shoulder disability, hypertension, lung scarring, a right-hand disability, and a left foot disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active military service.

The appeal of the January 2024 proposal to reduce the disability rating from 30 percent disabling to 10 percent for coronary artery disease is dismissed. The Board also denied service connection for various conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic brain injury residuals.

The appeal for an increased initial rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The appeal concerning service connection for traumatic brain injury was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a VA Form 10182.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a compensable evaluation for tinea pedis. The claims for service connection for a bilateral ear disability, right ankle disability, and right tibia/fibula disability were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for joint pains, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a sleep disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to missing VA examinations and unclear notification.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with traumatic brain injury (TBI), was dismissed.

The appeal for the evaluation of PTSD and TBI was properly addressed in a September 2024 Board decision under the Legacy review system, and the current appeal for this same matter under the AMA review system is dismissed.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for neurocognitive disorder with memory loss as residuals of TBI, effective prior to August 14, 2020.

The Board denied a separate evaluation for the Veteran's TBI, finding that his TBI symptomatology is already compensated by his 70 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board restored the TBI rating to 70%, effective July 1, 2019, as the reduction was improper. The CUE claim for a mental health disability and the TDIU claim were denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal for an increased rating and service connection claims as withdrawn or moot, denied service connection for polycythemia vera, and remanded claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for traumatic brain injury, but no higher.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for TBI and granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher, for left chest wall strain from June 28, 2022, to September 27, 2023.

The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for TBI and denied a compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, while remanding the claim for tinea pedis for further development.

The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2023 for the award of service connection for PTSD with TBI and migraine/tension headaches associated with TBI, but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The claim for service connection for thrombosis, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or cerebral infarction (previously claimed as TBI) to include as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was dismissed as moot because the Regional Office granted the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for TBI, psychomotor epilepsy, and migraines.