The Board found no evidence to support service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a head injury, as his current neck and upper extremity symptoms are not shown to be related to the head injury sustained in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the residual effects from the head injury were less likely caused by or a result of closed head trauma from an empty 90mm shell casing, given the long latency period between the injury and onset of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury, DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease), cervical radiculopathy, myelopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1425159
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