The Board found that the Veteran does not have current residuals from a TBI due to any incident of active service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of residuals from a TBI, and the VA neurologist opined that there was no evidence of any significant residual or neurological deficit from the in-service concussion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800604
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), to include organic brain damage and post-concussive disorder, but remanded the issue of service connection for left knee disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability but denied service connection for a chronic left knee disability and residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence being added to the record and a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) not having been issued yet.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's current TBI residuals are not considered to be related to his head injuries in service, and the Board has determined that service connection for these residuals is denied.
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