Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records from his Reserve service. The AOJ must obtain and associate any missing records, including those from Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Social Security Administration disability benefit records. They should also consider the Veteran's ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA service periods.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and headaches are remanded due to internal inconsistencies in the May 2017 VA examination, and need further evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as there is no probative evidence of a current diagnosis of TBI, and the Veteran's symptoms were more likely related to his post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Veteran's neck disability has been granted service connection, with the decision to reopen the claim based on new evidence of a relationship between current symptoms and service. The right hand disability also received service connection.,Issues related to TBI residuals, neck disability (secondary to football injuries), left leg disability (secondary to knee disability), and left foot disability (manifested by numbness) secondary to knee disability remain pending.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for TBI should be remanded due to a lack of an opinion regarding whether there are current residuals of TBI and if so, whether they are related to service. The Veteran testified about experiencing headaches and dizziness after hitting his head during an alarm for general quarters in service.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for service connection of a low back disability, bilateral pes planus, and TBI were granted. The right knee and paronychia issues are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and the need for a comprehensive medical opinion regarding the Veteran's head injury.

The Veteran's TBI was granted service connection effective March 20, 1996.

The Veteran's TBI with posttraumatic ocular migraine headaches have been rated at 10 percent prior to January 15, 2013 and at 30 percent since then. The case is being remanded for additional development including obtaining private medical records from the Omaha Headache Clinic.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability and residuals of head injury or TBI, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a Traumatic Brain Injury due to new evidence and further examination. The Veteran's TBI is being evaluated based on the merits, without invoking any presumption or secondary theory.

The Veteran's request for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals, frostbite, right upper extremity has been denied.,The Veteran's request for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals, frostbite, left upper extremity has been denied.,The Veteran's request for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals, frostbite, right lower extremity has been denied.,The Veteran's request for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals, frostbite, left lower extremity has been denied.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of TBI was denied. The February 1969 rating decision implicitly denied the Veteran's claims for residuals of head injury, including TBI.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, TBI, hernia residuals, bilateral knee conditions, and lower back strain have been remanded. The Veteran also has a pending request to increase his ratings for hearing loss and seborrheic dermatitis, as well as a request for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's initial rating for TBI is denied, and the Board has remanded to evaluate his migraine headaches and mental disorder (paranoid schizophrenia).

The Board denied service connection for frostbite of the hands as there is no current diagnosis related to the cold exposure event during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a renal disorder has been reopened. The Board also remanded several issues including initial ratings for various conditions such as tibia stress fracture, hypertension, head scar, burn scar of the left wrist and arm, migraine disorder, PTSD with TBI, right tibia stress fracture, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with aphasia has been dismissed due to the appellant and his attorney requesting a withdrawal of the appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been granted, making the appeal moot.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.