Traumatic brain injury (TBI) — all decisions

The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining additional VA medical opinions to address the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions and entitlement to earlier effective dates.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no evidence of a current disability related to active service or any incident of service.

The Board remands the issues of ratings for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and persistent post traumatic headaches associated with other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with TBI due to missing disability benefits questionnaire related to TBI.

The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury as there is no current diagnosis of TBI and no evidence of an in-service head injury.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings of tension headaches and acquired psychiatric disorder with TBI, as the criteria were not met prior to March 21, 2023.

The appeal regarding a proposed rating reduction for traumatic brain injury (TBI) was dismissed because the Veteran did not properly file an appeal within one year of the proposed rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for revision of an April 2017 rating decision that denied service connection for TBI and a February 2020 rating decision that reduced the Veteran's disability rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, both on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board granted an effective date of December 29, 2009 for the grant of service connection for a TBI.

The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury due to insufficient new and relevant evidence.

The appeal regarding service connection for traumatic brain injury was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board granted an effective date of October 10, 2007 for the grant of service connection for a TBI and remanded the claim for an initial compensable rating.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for voiding dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury and earaches as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis or a link to active service.

The Board granted reinstatement of the 100 percent rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals and a separate 30 percent disability rating for vertigo, among other decisions.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), pain of cervical and cervicothoracic regions, radicular pain and hypoesthesia of left upper extremity, pain and dysfunction of lumbar spine, right sciatic radicular pain, left sciatic radicular pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, post traumatic residual pain of right foot, and bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran's appeal was denied as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed within one year of the rating decisions issued on August 17, 2022, November 16, 2022, July 7, 2023, November 3, 2023, December 12, 2023, and March 14, 2024.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for TBI residuals, a separate 30 percent rating for a peripheral vestibular disorder associated with service-connected TBI, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 9, 2022.

The Board remanded several claims for further development and readjudication, including service connection for OSA and hypertension, as well as increased ratings for right wrist sprain, MDD, tension headaches, and other musculoskeletal conditions.

The Board granted service connection for herpes (cold sores) and denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, a back disability, left knee pain, left shoulder disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, right lower extremity restless leg syndrome, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left and right hand essential tremors, seborrheic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hemorrhoids, right upper extremity radiculopathy, erectile dysfunction, and an increased rating for a psychiatric condition.

The Board remands the claims for an effective date prior to July 17, 2023 for a separate and compensable disability rating for migraine headaches associated with TBI and an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the same condition.