The Board found no evidence of current disabilities related to service connection for status post concussion, mild paralysis of the left side of the face, or a cervical spine condition. The Veteran's claims were denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient competent medical evidence to support a finding that any claimed conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- status post concussion, mild paralysis of the left side of the face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0946197
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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: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have visual impairment or incapacitating episodes due to his vitreous floaters, status post-concussion. As such, he is not entitled to a compensable disability rating for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's status post concussion due to head injury including headaches was not manifested by migraine headaches with very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability; instead, it was more closely approximate with characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average once a month over last several months.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board finds that the Veteran's migraine headaches are as likely as not incurred during her period of active service, including a head injury in 2002. The claim is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is entitled to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, effective January 26, 2007.
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