The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of residuals of a head trauma, and thus service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a current disability related to the claimed in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2016
- Citation
- 1607545
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- Denied
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