The Board has determined that the veteran's cerebrovascular accident is not related to his service-connected skull defect and therefore denied the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's cerebrovascular accident was not related to his 1967 in-service automobile accident, which was the basis of his service-connected skull defect.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608432
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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