The Board has granted an increased rating of 50 percent for amnestic disorder due to brain surgery and radiation treatments, effective February 1, 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran's amnestic disorder is primarily manifested by short-term memory loss with transient episodes of depression and irritability, which resulted in definite social and industrial impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- amnestic disorder due to brain surgery and radiation treatments, hypothyroidism, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0603513
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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