The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) with headaches and granted it, finding that new evidence supports an in-service incident and linking it to current symptoms.
The deciding factor: The VA physician provided credible and probative opinions supporting the Veteran's account of an in-service assault resulting in TBI, which was linked to his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury with Headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109893
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Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TBI with headaches has been rated, but the Board finds that he was not properly notified for a VA examination. The case is being remanded to schedule another examination.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for TBI with headaches was denied. The claim for PTSD was reopened, but service connection remains denied. The Veteran does not have any current psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's TBI with headaches is rated at 10 percent, and his generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 30 percent. The appeal for a higher rating for TBI with headaches was granted, while the appeals for increased ratings for both conditions and for TDIU were denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability rating for Traumatic Brain Injury with Headaches was reduced from 40 percent to 10 percent, effective January 1, 2013. The Board found that the reduction was improper and restored the original 40 percent rating.
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