The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for head injury residuals and left shoulder injury residuals, as well as his request to maintain a 20% rating for post-traumatic seizure disorder. The claims were found not well-grounded due to lack of current disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of current disabilities related to the claimed service-connected conditions or new injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Head injury residuals, Left shoulder injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010256
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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