The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury and determined that these residuals are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the veteran's fall from his step stool was caused by his unstable left knee, which led to him falling and subsequently sustaining a subdural hematoma.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0204537
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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