The veteran's service-connected post-concussion syndrome is rated at 10 percent, and he was granted service connection for a scar tissue of the right leg as a residual of a laceration wound. The claim for chronic disability of heat exhaustion was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish current chronic disability of heat exhaustion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a concussion, residual disability of heat exhaustion, scar tissue of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0406815
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to insufficient evidence of a current disability in some cases and the need for further medical evaluation in others.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a concussion, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset in and is related to his service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of residuals of a concussion. The Veteran's claim was denied in December 2022, and the Board is sending it back to the AOJ for further action.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a concussion and nerve impingement of the right upper extremity, finding that there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to active duty service.
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