BVA Decisions on TBI

30 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving TBI — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 91-1688 — Unknown September 16, 1993
  In its July 1991 decision, the Board denied service connection for (1) defective hearing of the left ear, (2) residuals of an injury to the right index finger, (3) pseudofolliculit...
• CAVCCase 90-720 — Vacated / Affirmed February 18, 1994
  3 On July 20, 1988, the rating board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headaches, peripheral vascular disease, and venous insufficiency....
• BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023
  New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
• BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 2024
  20-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• BVACase 13-3410 — Denied
  Judge Hughes declines to opine as to when the VA’s duty to assist requires it to supply qualifications information and suggests that the veteran MATHIS v....
• BVACase 06-1943 — Granted
  Gambill’s case, the Board concluded that the examiner who conducted the consultation examination “did not adequately address the etiology of [Mr....
• BVACase 210331-149581 — Granted / Remanded / Vacated March 14, 2023
  Service connection may be granted directly as a result of disease or injury incurred in service based on nexus using a three-element test: (1) the existence of a present disability...
• CAVCCase 00-1888 — Vacated February 12, 2003
  In the February 2000 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied a rating greater than 20% for the appellant's bilateral hearing loss with tinnitus and assigned a separate 10% ra...
• BVACase 23035794 — Denied June 23, 2023
  Addressing the Concerns of the January 2020 Joint Motion The January 2020 Joint Motion in this case states: "The parties agree that remand is required in this case because the Boar...
• BVACase 22039631 — Remanded / Vacated July 12, 2022
  In February 2022, CAVC evaluated the Board's April 2021 decision and determined that the Board erred in failing to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases in support of i...
• CAVCCase 95-1082 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated June 23, 1999
  te for the assignment of a 50% schedular rating for service-connected PCS (claim 2), and found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a previously and fina...
• BVACase 221114-297761 — Denied / Remanded March 13, 2025
  The question for the Board is whether the Veteran has a current disability that began during service or is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or dise...
• CAVCCase 01-1505 — Affirmed February 20, 2004
  The Chairman of the Board denied the motion in July 1995, and the appellant, in December 1995, filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) with the Court....
• CAVCCase 91-1948 — Vacated / Denied August 6, 1993
  Because the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and for its conclusion that the veteran was ...
• CAVCCase 93-289 — Affirmed April 6, 1995
  The Board denied the appellant's claim and she filed a timely appeal to this Court....
• CAVCCase 94-328 — Vacated / Remanded / Denied April 23, 1996
  ision denying service connection for DM and remand the matter for further consideration because the Board failed to consider whether his DM might be secondary to asserted malnutrit...
• DecisionCase 24021575 — Remanded May 30, 2024
  The RO reopened the Veteran's claim for frostbite based upon a finding of new and material evidence before denying the claim....
• BVACase 231010-383562 — Denied / Remanded March 20, 2025
  254, 258 (1999) (noting that the "clear and convincing" burden of proof, while a higher standard than a preponderance of the evidence, is a lower burden to satisfy than that of "cl...
• BVACase 210614-166291 — Denied August 21, 2024
  The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
• CAVCCase 94-1099 — Affirmed / Remanded / Denied / Vacated June 7, 1996
  Further, the BVA must provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for such findings, including a clear analysis of the evidence which it finds persuasive or unpersuasive with...
• CAVCCase 93-419 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 2, 1994
  In balancing the evidence, the Board found the absence of objective evidence documenting multiple sclerosis during service or within the seven-year presumption period following ser...
• BVACase 210907-183527 — Denied October 18, 2023
  Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
• BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024
  Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
• CAVCCase 92-1369 — Vacated / Remanded February 14, 1996
  The second question is whether the Board erred in 2 denying the appellant's claim on the merits....
• CAVCCase 92-273 — Reversed August 24, 1993
  Bucklinger, appeals a January 27, 1992, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) decision denying an increased evaluation for his service-connected tinnitus and concluding that no...
• CAVCCase 95-997 — Affirmed June 24, 1996
  the June 1990 denial of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and (2) the lack of new and material evidence to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause...
• CAVCCase 97-1993 — Affirmed November 19, 1999
  On appeal to the BVA, the Board determined that the appellant had not submitted evidence of a well-grounded claim for secondary service connection of degenerative joint disease in ...
• BVACase 24033637 — Denied / Granted December 2, 2024
  The parties agreed that remand was necessary because the Board did not address the Veteran's argument that his disability was secondary to his service-connected non-allergic rhinit...