Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include anxiety, depression, and PTSD, as well as a traumatic brain injury (TBI), due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied a rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD and remanded issues related to TBI and cirrhosis of the liver with hepatitis C.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the service-connected migraines and granted an effective date of November 16, 2017, but no earlier, for the assignment of a 70 percent disability rating for the service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance for a traumatic brain injury (TBI), effective March 20, 2025.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for financial assistance for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation.

The Board granted service connection for diverticulitis and denied service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury, denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, and denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for prostate cancer.

The Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) with persistent depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder cause total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher initial ratings, except for a granted increase to 50 percent for migraine.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for TBI with PTSD, service connection for tendonitis, and remanded the claim for a left hip disability as secondary to right ankle and right foot disabilities.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI residuals from February 24, 2017, through August 2, 2020.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD with MDD and TBI.

The appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral hand (fingers/thumb) condition, ankle pain, foot pain, hip pain, knee pain, low back pain, migraines, sciatica, and TBI, has been withdrawn by the appellant's representative.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a headache condition and bilateral plantar fasciitis disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's PTSD and TBI symptoms are clearly separable.

The Board denied a compensable rating for TBI from August 7, 2007, to June 20, 2022, and also denied entitlement to a separate rating for the period from June 21, 2022.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent rating for TBI and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, but the claim for an increased rating for PTSD was denied.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and dismissed claims, with some issues remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinea cruris and residuals of a traumatic brain injury, and granted an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder. The claim for a higher rating for coronary artery disease was denied.

The Board found that the reduction of the TBI rating from 100% to 40% was improper and restored the 100% rating effective May 1, 2020.