The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, finding no evidence of an in-service head injury and insufficient medical evidence linking current symptoms to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence that the veteran suffered a head injury during military service, and there is no competent medical evidence showing a relationship between any aspect of military service and the veteran's current claimed symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0834914
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error in obtaining missing service treatment records. The AOJ is instructed to attempt to obtain these records and conduct any necessary development, including VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for back spasms, confusion/memory loss, depression, fatty tumors on back, and head injury as there is no current diagnosis or in-service event to support these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's head injuries and post-traumatic headaches following an October 2023 VA shuttle bus incident are not compensable under 38 U.S.C. §1151 because the injuries occurred before any treatment or examination by VA.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the Veteran's notice of disagreement was untimely filed, more than one year after the issuance of the June 2019 and April 2021 rating decisions.
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