The Board denied reopening the claim for service connection for residuals, status post auto accident, with skull fracture and cerebral injury resulting in bilateral spasticity and questionable intellectual changes (claimed as memory loss, speech impairment and other residuals of head trauma). The veteran's seizure disorder claim was also denied on the basis that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the provided evidence did not meet the criteria for reopening the claims due to lack of new and material evidence, and the seizure disorder claim was denied as it did not meet the requirements for presumptive service connection based on a preexisting condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, status post auto accident, skull fracture, cerebral injury resulting in bilateral spasticity and questionable intellectual changes (claimed as memory loss, speech impairment and other residuals of head trauma), seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0504147
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What this means for you
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