I am currently rated at 90% total (70% PTSD, 10 asthma, 10 tinitus, 20 each shoulder). I was recently diagnosed with a TBI by a non-VA provider and am going to file for that as a new claim. However, here's the question. Since I'm already rated PTSD, would that stand on its own, or would it be considered secondary to TBI? If secondary, does that somehow affect the rating? And lastly, what other secondary claims can I be looking at that can accompany a TBI rating? I know migraines could be one, and I am diagnosed with migraines, but I have never filed a claim for that. Just looking to get all my options here.
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I am currently rated at 90% total (70% PTSD, 10 asthma, 10 tinitus, 20 each shoulder). I was recently diagnosed with a TBI by a non-VA provider and am going to file for that as a new claim. However, here's the question. Since I'm already rated PTSD, would that stand on its own, or would it be considered secondary to TBI? If secondary, does that somehow affect the rating? And lastly, what other secondary claims can I be looking at that can accompany a TBI rating? I know migraines could be one, and I am diagnosed with migraines, but I have never filed a claim for that. Just looking to get all my options here.
Thanks - Kevin
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Kevin: You dont have to decide (whether to file primary, secondary, presumptive, etc.). That is the rating specialists job to figure that out. Instead, my advice when you file, "o
Lemuel
I would claim the PTSD is the nexus for the TBI even if the TBI event is not recorded in your military health record because of the circumstances of the incident. If you have a 70% PTSD rating, it sh
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Is there anything in your service med records in which a TBI incident occurred? If so, file a TBI claim. I had a training accident in which I was seen by a Corpsman after I was knocked unconscious f
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