The Veteran's dementia pugilistica is found to be related to service, including his boxing activities while in the military. The Board grants service connection for dementia pugilistica.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a diagnosis of dementia pugilistica and links it to head trauma sustained during service, specifically from boxing activities.
- Claimed conditions
- dementia pugilistica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1738324
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