The Board has found service connection for residuals of TBI, a psychiatric disability (diagnosed as major depressive disorder), and headaches.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's competent and credible lay statements with regard to suffering in-service head injury are supported by the findings in his service treatment records which include documentation of treatment for a head injury in September 1998 when he collided with another jumper while parachuting. The medical evidence of record documents that he has been diagnosed with residuals of TBI, major depressive disorder, and headaches during the period of the current claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of TBI, major depressive disorder, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1717709
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for specially-adapted housing assistance and a special home adaptation grant was denied because he does not meet the criteria for either benefit based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding his alleged stressors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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