Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

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.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for PTSD with TBI was withdrawn. The appeals for earlier effective dates for cervical and lumbar spine conditions were denied, but the Board remanded the revision of the March 2010 rating decision based on CUE.

Service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mid and lower back thoracolumbar spine is denied. Service connection for migraines and a rating more than 10 percent for degenerative arthritis cervical spine, spinal stenosis and IVDS are remanded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and residuals of TBI were granted based on new evidence. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date and higher rating was denied, but they were granted TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for TBI and a higher rating for right eye disability.

The veteran's claim for service connection for seborrheic dermatitis was granted, but claims for GERD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a higher rating for PTSD were denied.

The veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance. However, the requests for increased ratings for migraine headaches due to traumatic brain injury and for traumatic brain injury itself were denied.

The Veteran's TBI/psychiatric disabilities were granted a 40 percent rating prior to April 14, 2022. Beginning on that date, the rating was denied for higher than 70 percent due to the severity of symptoms.

The Veteran's appeal was denied for an effective date earlier than January 30, 2014 for service connection for tinnitus and TBI.,The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for TBI was also denied.

The Veteran's asthma, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, cardiovascular disease, left shoulder condition, scars, kidney condition, TBI residuals, diabetes mellitus type II, diverticulitis, gastritis, and hypertension are remanded due to incomplete service records.