Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The veteran's claim for PTSD was granted. Other claims, including obstructive sleep apnea and TBI residuals, were remanded for further review.

The veteran's claim for a Total Disability rating based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted for the period before December 22, 2022. The case was remanded for further consideration regarding the period from December 22, 2022, forward.

The Board granted the appellant's request for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a March 2023 rating decision granting entitlement to a TDIU.

The veteran's claim for service connection for testosterone deficiency was granted. The veteran was assigned a 30% disability rating for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, but the request for an earlier effective date and higher ratings for other conditions were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for her 70% rating of traumatic brain injury. The increase in disability was not factually ascertainable within one year before the claim.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) because the medical opinion was inadequate. The Veteran will undergo another examination.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to May 5, 2022, is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide the claim fairly.

The veteran's service connection for frostbite residuals in both feet was granted, but the claim for diabetes mellitus was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's request for a rating in excess of 70 percent prior to June 10, 2020 for PTSD with TBI and TDIU prior to June 6, 2020.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for restoration of a 40% rating for TBI and service connection for a right knee disability. The Board did not make any credibility findings at this juncture.

The veteran's appeal for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) based on service-connected disabilities was granted. The Board found that the veteran's service-connected conditions render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's appeal for an effective date of March 1, 2016, for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities was granted. The decision is based on the veteran's service-connected conditions precluding substantially gainful employment from that date forward.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for OSA and idiopathic hypersomnia, service connection for petit mal epilepsy as secondary to TBI, and TDIU. The Board needs more medical evidence to decide these issues.

The veteran was granted service connection for sinusitis but denied for a left hand condition, left ear hearing loss, and right ring finger disability. The issues of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) were remanded.

The veteran's appeal for increased ratings and service connection was dismissed because the veteran withdrew their appeal.

The Board remanded the case to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) records that may be relevant to the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of his mental health disorders.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for residuals of frostbite of the hands and feet to obtain a clarification medical opinion.

The veteran's service connection for several conditions, including leg pain, knee strain, psychiatric disorders, and TBI, was granted. The claim for TDIU was remanded.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of TBI residuals to obtain a more adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, traumatic brain injury residuals, and migraine headaches.