The Board has determined that the veteran sustained a closed head injury in service, which led to an organic affective disorder and a mild neurocognitive disorder. The personality changes were also attributed to this injury. However, there is no evidence of PTSD or post-concussive disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found insufficient evidence for diagnoses of PTSD or post-concussive disorder based on the veteran's history and examination results.
- Claimed conditions
- organic affective disorder, mild neurocognitive disorder, personality changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0305713
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected mild neurocognitive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, somatic symptoms disorder with predominant pain, and TBI but remanded other issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 20, 2022, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a mild neurocognitive disorder is dismissed because the Veteran has been granted this benefit.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for idiopathic hypersomnia is denied.,An initial compensable rating of 10 percent, but no higher, for mild neurocognitive disorder is granted.
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