The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for vascular dementia, finding that there is no medical evidence linking the current condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no medical nexus between the Veteran's current vascular dementia and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1227893
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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 hypertension, ischemic stroke, and vascular dementia due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The claims are being remanded for further development including new VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to DIC benefits, service connection for cause of death, and accrued benefits due to the need for further development and consideration.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, and vascular dementia were granted, while his claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU was denied.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for vascular dementia is dismissed as the benefit sought has already been granted in full.
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