The Board has determined that the Veteran's lung disability and residuals of traumatic brain injury, to include dizziness and headaches, were not incurred or aggravated as a result of active service.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no current lung disability or residuals of a TBI attributable to an event, injury, or disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Lung disability, Residuals of traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1448759
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