The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a head injury and assigned a 20% disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's current disabilities are secondary to his September 15, 1990 head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, degenerative disc disease of cervical spine, degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine, disability of neck, disability of shoulder, disability of hand, disability of leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634427
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for extensions to file an appeal on various rating decisions were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a back injury, head injury, and neck injury as the evidence did not support that these injuries occurred during or while traveling from active duty.
- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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