The Board has determined that the Veteran's current speech impediment was not aggravated by active duty service and is not proximately caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The November 2010 VA examination concluded that the Veteran's stuttering was a developmental problem and not related to his service-connected back injury, nor did it aggravate his stuttering.
- Claimed conditions
- Speech Impediment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2011
- Citation
- 1136355
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- Granted
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