Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a separate, compensable disability rating for TBI due to inadequate VA examination opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions from the November 2022 and December 2022 VA examinations were found inadequate for adjudicative purposes as they did not sufficiently differentiate between symptoms attributable to the Veteran's TBI and insomnia disorder, and could not be determined without resorting to mere speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Insomnia Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010237
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