The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a cognitive disorder is well-grounded and granted. The claims for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, disability manifested by numbness of the extremities, and chronic headaches are denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's cognitive disorder is presumed to have been incurred in active duty due to undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive disorder, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, disability manifested by numbness of the extremities, disability manifested by nosebleeds, chronic headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0000972
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA, but denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for the service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the earliest possible effective date had been assigned.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions and updated VA treatment records.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the evaluation in excess of 30 percent for chronic headaches was dismissed by the Veteran prior to the promulgation of a decision.
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