The Veteran's service connection claims for TBI, sinusitis, and related conditions have been granted. The skin condition is already service-connected, and the kidney disorder claim has been dismissed as not a justiciable case or controversy.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the service connection claims for TBI and sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Sinusitis, Bilateral Eye Condition (Blurred and Poor Vision), Schamberg Disease and Purpuric Dermatoses, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Choking and Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia), Abdominal Pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1547222
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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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