The Board granted service connection for tension headaches and a total rating for PTSD, but denied service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a respiratory disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's tension headache disorder is proximately due to his service-connected PTSD, while there was no current diagnosis of a respiratory related disorder during the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), tension headaches, respiratory disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with other specified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062200
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, right wrist strain, and TBI. The Veteran's PTSD rating was remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection and increased ratings were denied due to untimeliness, as the appeals were not filed within one year of the respective rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic radicular pain of both legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), shin splints of both legs, thoracic spondylosis, right shoulder strain, right wrist strain, acne, and allergic rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a traumatic brain injury to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
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