Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling new VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with traumatic brain injury.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a left orbital fracture, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a nasal disability, and residuals of a rib fracture due to missing service records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with traumatic brain injury, finding the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board denied service connection for keratosis due to the lack of a current diagnosis and evidence supporting a causal relationship between the claimed condition and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for anosmia, hypogeusia, and TBI residuals.

The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's headaches, as the previous opinions were found inadequate.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The back condition and frostbite of the hands and feet were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, vertigo, and traumatic brain injury as there is no evidence of these conditions during or shortly after service. The claims for bladder incontinence, migraine headaches, and right thumb pain were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied service connection for various other conditions, including allergies/rhinitis, right hip joint pain inflammation - range of motion condition, left lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, migraine / tension headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and right foot inversion. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with residuals of TBI, effective April 10, 2012.

The Board granted a 100 percent initial rating for the Veteran's service-connected TBI residuals, effective December 13, 2013, based on severely impaired visual spatial orientation.

The Board remands the matter for an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities aggravated any of the conditions that directly caused his death.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for PTSD with TBI, as the evidence did not support a separate or higher combined rating.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the 38 U.S.C. � 1114(t) rate due to service-connected TBI residuals that require regular aid and attendance.

The appeal for service connection for frostbite of the left foot was dismissed due to it being a duplicate claim.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with left acoustic nerve damage due to an inadequate medical opinion and the need for additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral lung condition, traumatic brain injury (TBI), a bilateral eye condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, and skeletal arthritis due to the lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.

The Board granted a higher level of SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(t) for the Veteran's residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), effective March 2, 2022.