Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of August 21, 2009 for service connection for a TBI with residuals and its associated conditions: migraines, loss of taste, loss of smell, and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received within one year of the April 2010 rating decision that denied entitlement to service connection for a TBI, allowing the claim to remain pending since August 21, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI) with residuals, including but not limited to mild memory loss and dizziness, migraines associated with a TBI, loss of taste associated with a TBI, loss of smell associated with a TBI, tinnitus associated with a TBI
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25014559
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