The Board has reopened the claim and determined that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for a neurological disability.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided by the veteran suggests that his current condition may be different from previous diagnoses, warranting reconsideration of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0622169
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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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