The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury was denied as there is no current evidence of such a condition. The issue of entitlement to total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities has been referred and will be addressed in the future.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of a current disability related to a traumatic brain injury incurred or aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2015
- Citation
- 1519302
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TBI residuals are related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an impermissible concurrent election of review lanes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury is remanded due to incomplete evidence and the need for further examination.
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