The Veteran's chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is found to be related to his in-service boxing career and service connection for CTE is granted.
The deciding factor: A neurologist provided a neurological opinion that the Veteran's cognitive impairment was likely due to CTE caused by his boxing career, which was more qualified than the earlier VA opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100129
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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