BVA TBI Appeals Guide: Winning Patterns from 205 Board Decisions
Nov 5, 2025 · “The neuropsychological testing provides objective evidence of cognitive deficits consistent with traumatic brain injury. The IMO persuasively explains how these deficits differ from …
DOD Memoranda Guiding Discharge Review Boards on PTSD, TBI, …
Together, these new laws and DoD memoranda have increased the likelihood that veterans who experienced PTSD, TBI, MST, or similar conditions will have their less-than-honorable discharges …
DOD Policy Guidance on PTSD | Health.mil
Sep 30, 2024 · Denotes that an enlisted member must receive a medical examination to assess whether the effects of PTSD or TBI constitute matters in extenuation that relate to the basis for administrative …
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
In this capacity, the MAC provided valuable input and made recommendations to help guide the final version of these Guidelines. With full consensus reached on many topics, and a careful review of any …
VA trying to combine my TBI and PTSD ratings...
Feb 14, 2019 · The long and short is that many of the symptoms of PTSD and TBI overlap and it is difficult to delineate between the two. TBI can manifest as a neuro-cognitive disorder, therefore it can …
Kennedy v. McCarthy - Yale Law School
On April 17, 2017, Steve Kennedy and Alicia Carson filed a proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 50,000 less-than-Honorably discharged Iraq and Afghanistan-era Army …
Will VA Rate TBI and PTSD Separately or Together? - Berry Law
Nov 30, 2022 · Not sure whether the VA will rate TBI and PTSD separately or together? Learn what your disability rating may be when both conditions are diagnosed.
Board of Veterans' Appeals
Dec 3, 2025 · AMA created a new decision review process allowing Veterans to choose from three lanes to determine the path their appeal will follow. The three lanes to choose from are supplemental claim, …
Mild TBI and risk of mental health issues—A study reveals that approximately one in five individuals may experience mental health symptoms up to six months after mild traumatic brain injury, suggesting the …
As recognized by 38 C.F.R. § 4.124a, DC 8045, the external force of a claimed TBI event may result not only in brain injury, but also in physical or psychological disorders distinct from brain injury residuals.