The Board granted an effective date of March 28, 2019, for service connection for a neurocognitive disorder, generalized seizure disorder, and tinnitus, all associated with TBI.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible effective date under VA law is the date of the filing of the intent to file form, which was received more than a year after the Veteran's separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurocognitive disorder associated with TBI, Generalized seizure disorder associated with TBI, Tinnitus associated with TBI
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25055965
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a higher rating for PTSD but granted separate ratings of 70 percent for residuals of TBI and 10 percent for tinnitus associated with TBI, effective from February 3, 2014, and May 2023 respectively. The claim for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for psychomotor epilepsy was also denied.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals, effective January 6, 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis as new and relevant evidence has been received since the previous denial.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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