Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on a current diagnosis and credible lay statements regarding in-service head injuries.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss to obtain new VA examinations and opinions.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disability characterized by urinary frequency and traumatic brain injury due to duty to assist errors, including outstanding treatment records, inadequate VA examinations, and an error in satisfying a statutory duty.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent rating, and the right eyebrow scar is granted a separate 10 percent rating for pain. The other service connection claims are remanded.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 100 percent for PTSD with TBI and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s)(1).

The Board denied service connection for TBI, cervical spine disorder, and lumbar spine disorder as there is no evidence of a current disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, finding the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current residual symptoms share a nexus with an in-service injury.

The Veteran was granted an initial 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI prior to September 20, 2023, and SMC at the housebound rate prior to that date. The claims for service connection for various conditions were remanded.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating for TBI with PTSD, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with depression and anxiety and TBI with peripheral vestibular disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for readjudication of service connection for residuals of a concussion (traumatic brain injury) and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for headaches associated with zygomatic fracture residuals effective August 17, 2017, but denied earlier effective dates and higher ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an examination to determine current residuals.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, restored the 50 percent rating for migraines effective July 28, 2021, and granted an effective date of July 1, 2014 for service connection for vertigo. Other issues were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and non-compensable ratings for shin splints, right leg, left leg, and TBI. However, it granted restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain effective June 1, 2023, and remanded claims for service connection for tinnitus, right ankle strain, left ankle strain, and cervical strain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for TBI (also claimed as breacher syndrome) and back injury to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist by obtaining a VA examination and corresponding medical opinion.

The Board granted an effective date of August 21, 2019, for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with depressive disorder and granted service connection for headaches and vertigo as secondary to the service-connected PTSD.