The Board granted service connection for TBI and associated conditions, including anxiety, migraines, Meniere's disease, tinnitus, and neurocardiogenic syncope. The effective date was set at July 16, 2012, with SMC-T awarded as of November 14, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's TBI resulted in multiple service-connected disabilities including Meniere's disease, migraines, and neurocardiogenic syncope, which rendered him unable to care for himself. The effective date was set at July 16, 2012, as this is when the initial claim was filed.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, left ear hearing loss, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), hypertension, right ear hearing loss, Meniere's disease, tinnitus, migraines, neurocardiogenic syncope
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2023
- Citation
- A23030253
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