The Board has granted service connection for TBI with recurrent headaches, effective January 21, 2009. The Veteran's claim is now pending on the merits.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on new and material evidence submitted by the Veteran regarding his head injury sustained during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Cognitive Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Recurrent Headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1233896
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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