The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of head trauma, including dementia, effective since October 30, 2000.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner diagnosed the veteran with Alzheimer's type dementia due to his head injury in service and found that this condition was at least as likely as not the result of his head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Head trauma, Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0531898
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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