The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a cerebrovascular accident and left eye spasms are at least as likely as not related to his service-connected PTSD and diabetes, respectively. These conditions have been granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports an etiological link between the veteran's in-service head injury and subsequent cerebrovascular symptoms and other brain-related disabilities, including his service-connected PTSD and Type II diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cerebrovascular accident, left eye spasms
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0401004
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Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.
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