Your claim for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury has been resolved in your favor, and you are now receiving compensation for post-concussive syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the grant of service connection for post-concussive syndrome essentially resolves the issue of service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury, post-concussive syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1450925
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for mini strokes is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board requests an addendum opinion to address the etiology of his mini strokes, including his in-service motor vehicle accidents and post-accident diagnoses.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions are being remanded due to the need for further development and clarification of his military service records.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TBI residuals are related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an impermissible concurrent election of review lanes.
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