The veteran's current memory loss is reasonably related to his in-service injury, and the Board finds that service connection for memory problems, diagnosed as organic brain syndrome, as a residual of a fracture of the left maxillary zygomatic complex, is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current memory loss is due to an in-service facial trauma injury.
- Claimed conditions
- memory problems, organic brain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0803821
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What this means for you
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