Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to schedule the Veteran for an appropriate examination.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension, but denied higher ratings for scars of the left and right thigh, plantar fasciitis of the left foot, hip and knee osteoarthritis, and service connection for various conditions including erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine pain, TBI, and cervical spine pain.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified mild neurocognitive disorder and TBI, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran was granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with bipolar disorder, MDD, and TBI prior to September 22, 2015, but the claim for a higher rating from that date was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and TBI to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records and a new VA examination.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for residuals of TBI effective September 9, 2020, but denied an earlier effective date prior to March 18, 2021, for the grant of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with TBI.

The Board remands the issues of ratings for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and persistent post traumatic headaches associated with other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with TBI due to missing disability benefits questionnaire related to TBI.

The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining additional VA medical opinions to address the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions and entitlement to earlier effective dates.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for service-connected PTSD with TBI, but no higher.

The appeal of the proposed disability rating reductions for left shoulder scapulohumeral joint impairment, PTSD and TBI, and migraine headaches was dismissed because the RO's proposed actions were not final decisions.

The Board granted an effective date of November 1, 2022 for the award of a 30 percent evaluation for migraine and migraine variants but denied earlier effective dates for the TBI and lumbosacral strain claims.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no evidence of a current disability related to active service or any incident of service.

The Board granted an effective date of December 29, 2009 for the grant of service connection for a TBI.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings of tension headaches and acquired psychiatric disorder with TBI, as the criteria were not met prior to March 21, 2023.

The appeal regarding service connection for traumatic brain injury was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury as there is no current diagnosis of TBI and no evidence of an in-service head injury.

The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury due to insufficient new and relevant evidence.

The appeal regarding a proposed rating reduction for traumatic brain injury (TBI) was dismissed because the Veteran did not properly file an appeal within one year of the proposed rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for revision of an April 2017 rating decision that denied service connection for TBI and a February 2020 rating decision that reduced the Veteran's disability rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, both on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).