Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for bronchial asthma and denied service connection for traumatic brain injury to include as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a separate evaluation for PTSD and a rating greater than 70 percent for TBI with PTSD, as the evidence did not support a higher or separate rating.

The Board remands the service connection claim for residuals of a traumatic brain injury due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted an effective date of July 22, 2009, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for panic disorder with agoraphobia and major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, in partial remission with traumatic brain injury with residual neurocognitive disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with TBI residuals were granted a 100 percent rating effective June 18, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the Veteran's combat-related TBI and its continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the Veteran's in-service head injuries and current symptoms.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for TBI residuals, a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with TBI, and a 50 percent disability rating for headaches.

The appeal for a higher initial rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with insomnia and related conditions was dismissed due to concurrent election of administrative review options.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for stress incontinence, vaginitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis, anxiety disorder with TBI, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with patellar dislocation, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings were also dismissed. The Board remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) to schedule a VA examination due to evidence suggesting that TBI residuals may be related to falls caused by the Veteran's service-connected back disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-concussion syndrome due to TBI, and severe small vessel occlusive disease, as well as the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, for further development.

The Board granted a 50% rating for post concussive headaches and special monthly compensation (SMC) for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, but denied an increased rating for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type and traumatic brain injury residuals.

The character of the appellant's discharge from active military service is not a bar to the receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits, and service connection was granted for bilateral pes planus and bilateral tinnitus. However, service connection was denied for acquired psychiatric disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), heel spurs condition, right knee, left knee, lower lumbar back, hypertension, hemorrhoids, and sleep apnea.

The Board finds that new and relevant evidence has been received, and remands the claims for service connection for residuals of TBI, hypogonadism, IBS, and bilateral pes planus to be readjudicated on the merits.

The Board denied service connection for TBI with residual headaches, right ear hearing loss, and a bilateral knee disorder. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss was not granted a compensable rating.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for TBI, effective May 1, 2013.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including an incomplete VA examination and missing military personnel records.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and posttraumatic headaches were granted increased ratings, with an effective date of November 30, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with residuals, traumatic brain injury.