The Board has granted service connection for a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the Veteran's credible reports of in-service head trauma and subsequent diagnosis of mild TBI.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding whether the Veteran's mild TBI is related to service, including her competent and credible reports of concussive events during service and a recent diagnosis of mild TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2026
- Citation
- A26021818
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Veteran's residuals of mild TBI have not been manifested by a level of severity higher than '1' for any facet due to cognitive impairment and subjective symptoms. The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for the residuals of mild TBI, but granted total disability individual unemployability (TDIU) effective September 25, 2008.
- Remanded (sent back)
The reduction in the disability rating for mild TBI from 40 percent to noncompensable effective March 5, 2015, was not proper. The 40 percent rating is restored.
- Granted
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