The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of evidence linking his current conditions to military service.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing neuropsychiatric disorder was not aggravated by service, and there is no direct evidence linking residuals of a head injury or a seizure disorder to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of head injury including nasal fracture, seizure disorder, and headaches, Neuropsychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0515917
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