The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's cerebral concussion with basilar skull fracture, post-traumatic headaches and mild attention deficit. The evaluation remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The predominant symptoms are post-traumatic headaches, which have been rated under Diagnostic Code 9304 (purely neurological disabilities due to brain trauma).
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral concussion with basilar skull fracture, post-traumatic headaches, mild attention deficit
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0019961
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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