Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and tinnitus due to a need for further development of the record.

The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for Meniere's disease with vertigo and tinnitus associated with traumatic brain injury, residuals of head trauma but denied a compensable rating for migraines associated with the same condition.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and traumatic brain injury, but remanded several other claims related to the character of discharge and various medical conditions.

The Board granted service connection for paralytic ileus, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Parkinson's disease. The TBI issue was remanded for further development.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for positional vertigo and denied service connection for prostatitis, sinusitis, and traumatic brain injury.

The appeal for service connection for depression was granted, while the claims for service connection for various other disabilities were denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for traumatic brain injury and bilateral hearing loss for further development.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), and accrued benefits due to a lack of evidence supporting that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities were either a principal or contributory cause of his death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to ensure that all necessary development is completed.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for TBI, migraine, and left knee condition as secondary to lumbosacral strain. The appeal for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction was denied. The claims for service connection for cervical spine condition (recharacterized) and right knee instability were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to the lack of a current diagnosis, and remanded the claim for fatty liver for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a right thumb scar status post laceration and readjudicated the claims of entitlement to service connection for various disorders, finding new and relevant evidence in some cases.

The Board denied a separate compensable rating for TBI residuals, finding that the Veteran's symptoms could not be distinguished from his service-connected psychiatric disorder and that he already receives a 50 percent rating for headaches.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) as there is no current diagnosis of TBI and no evidence to support a finding that he has had one at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board denied increased ratings for sinusitis, fibromyalgia, and IBS but granted service connection for OSA and TBI.

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the evidence being at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current TBI residuals had their onset in or are otherwise related to active service.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with residuals of traumatic brain injury and entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the evidence showing that it is related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and dismissed or denied the other claims.

The Veteran was granted increased ratings for her mental disorder, headaches, and right cheek disability, but the claim for a compensable rating for the right cheek (facial cranial nerve) disability associated with TBI and a rating above 10 percent for a jaw disability were denied.