Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic radicular pain of both legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), shin splints of both legs, thoracic spondylosis, right shoulder strain, right wrist strain, acne, and allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a right shoulder disorder as there was no probative evidence of current disabilities as defined by VA.

The Board remands the service connection claim for a traumatic brain injury to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings for PTSD, posttraumatic cephalgia due to TBI, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches due to the Veteran not reporting for scheduled VA examinations, which were deemed necessary to assess the severity of these disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back osteoarthritis and traumatic brain injury to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, as the Veteran failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board granted an effective date of April 5, 2018, for the award of service connection for PTSD and denied earlier effective dates for erectile dysfunction, left ear hearing loss, migraines, and other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for headaches as secondary to PTSD with TBI due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic migraines secondary to the TBI, and peripheral vestibular disorder secondary to the TBI.

The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) was dismissed because the February 2025 rating decision did not adjudicate this issue and an implementing decision by the agency of original jurisdiction is not appealable to the Board.

The Board granted service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and denied service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, to include cognitive impairment, a gallbladder condition, to include residual abdominal scar from cholecystectomy, and a pulmonary condition, to include shortness of breath.

The Board granted service connection for behavioral residuals of a TBI, finding the evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's current TBI disability is related to his in-service fall.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including HIV infection, bilateral hearing loss, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sight impairment, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder.

The Veteran's effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder moderate and TBI was granted as of October 22, 2019.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for chronic post-traumatic headaches, service connection for a traumatic brain injury, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, insomnia, and sleeping condition.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury and special monthly compensation based on the need of regular aid and attendance, while remanding the issue of service connection for a seizures disorder.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, emphysema, a chest wall condition, PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, a low back condition, TBI, and a chest tumor.

The Board denied service connection for cervical strain and a compensable rating for scars post-removal of squamous cell carcinomas, while remanding several other claims including diabetes mellitus, type II, diabetic neuropathies, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, left knee disability, traumatic brain injury with post-concussion syndrome migraines, and left hip disability.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and increased evaluations for GERD, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and TBI.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol dependence and residuals of TBI with peripheral vestibular disorder, finding that the severity, frequency, and duration of his symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas prior to March 28, 2023.