The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury and left knee disorder. It is at least as likely as not that these conditions were incurred during active service.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence links post-concussion syndrome and headaches to head injuries sustained during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-concussion Syndrome, Posttraumatic Headache Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0300503
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,177 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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