The Board has granted a separate initial rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's TBI, subject to rules and regulations governing the award of monetary benefits. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's TBI symptoms of hearing loss and recurrent daily dizziness moderately interfere with his work, instrumental activities of daily living, work, family, or other close relationships.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s TBI symptoms of hearing loss and recurrent daily dizziness, which have not been attributed to his service-connected psychiatric and/or headache disabilities, more nearly approximate a level of impairment of 2 (three or more subjective symptoms that moderately interfere with work, activities of daily living, or work, family, or close relationships).
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 23, 2020
- Citation
- A20017405
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