The Board has determined that the veteran's dementia due to head trauma warrants a 100 percent rating, representing total occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's dementia is characterized by severe cognitive impairments including memory loss, judgment impairment, and significant functional limitations in daily activities.
- Claimed conditions
- dementia due to head trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0300414
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development to determine the appropriate rating for dementia due to head trauma, service connection for a scar under the left eye, and service connection for a psychiatric disorder to include depression as secondary to dementia due to head trauma. The claim for individual unemployability is also being remanded.
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