Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of traumatic brain injury, finding that there is no current diagnosis of a TBI or its residuals.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, TBI, a deviated nasal septum, lumbosacral strain, and a respiratory condition. The decision is based on the appellant's dishonorable discharge from military service.

The Board denied service connection for TBI, headaches as secondary to TBI, left knee condition (limitation of extension), right knee condition (limitation of extension), left wrist condition (limited motion), right wrist condition (limited motion), and right shoulder condition. The evidence did not support a current disability related to the claimed conditions.

The Veteran's claims for residuals of a TBI, vertigo and dizziness, and migraine headaches have been granted.,The Veteran's claim for bilateral pes planus and acquired psychological disability (generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder) is being remanded.

An effective date of February 10, 2018, and no earlier, for the award of a 70 percent rating for TBI residuals to include vertigo and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is granted.

The Veteran's TBI, manifested by migraines and a psychiatric disability, had its onset in service. Service connection for the TBI and residuals is granted. The issue of service connection for a cardiac disability is remanded.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for TBI and other stressor-related disorder were dismissed due to concurrent elections.,Claims for increased ratings for laceration of the forehead, left ear hearing loss, headache syndrome, right ear hearing loss, hypothyroidism (Grave's Disease), bilateral knee conditions, and vision disorder were dismissed as untimely.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral pes planus with aggravation, right and left foot disorders other than pes planus, asthma, and right shoulder and left shoulder disorders. The Veteran's claim for a traumatic brain injury has been denied.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues related to service connection, including GERD, chronic sinusitis, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, neck condition, TBI, and migraine variants. The appeal is dismissed as a result.

The claims of service connection for intracranial lipomas and tinnitus, as well as the initial compensable disability ratings for left knee chondromalacia patella and right ear hearing loss, are dismissed due to untimely notices of disagreement. The claim of compensation for burn pit exposure is dismissed because it was not a specific disability but rather an indication that more information was needed.

The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, right wrist strain, and TBI. The Veteran's PTSD rating was remanded for further development.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy from April 3, 2023 onward, but denied higher ratings prior to that date. Service connection was also granted for alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD with traumatic brain injury.

The veteran's appeal requests for service connection and increased ratings were denied due to untimeliness, as the appeals were not filed within one year of the respective rating decisions.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of frostbite of the bilateral hands and feet due to a lack of evidence showing current diagnoses or symptoms related to these conditions during or proximate to the pendency of the claims.

The appeal for service connection for traumatic brain injury has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted a separate 30 percent rating for TBI residuals, including vertigo, dizziness and sensitivity to light from April 18, 2019. The appeal for a higher rating for PTSD was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 1, 2021, for service connection for migraine headaches and seizure disorder but denied the same for PTSD with TBI.