The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance due to residuals of traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates that the Veteran requires regular aid and attendance for his residuals of TBI in order to avoid hospitalization, nursing home care, or other residual institutional care.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030342
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury as the evidence did not establish current TBI residuals.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected left forehead scar and denied service connection for anxiety (acquired psychiatric disorder). The claim for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury was remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased initial rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining relevant private treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to reassess the severity of the service-connected residuals of traumatic brain injury.
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