The Board granted a 70% rating for encephalopathy due to service-connected Lyme disease, and denied an initial compensable rating for Lyme disease. The decision also granted TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's encephalopathy residuals were found to be manifested by at least a 3 level impairment under the criteria for residuals of brain injuries (DC 8045).
- Claimed conditions
- Lyme disease, encephalopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18106625
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The Board has denied the claims for service connection for encephalopathy and female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or a link to service.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions, finding that they are not related to active duty service or any period of ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA service. The appellant's claims are based on secondary service connection due to a non-service-connected condition (Lyme disease), but the evidence does not support this claim.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence linking the Veteran's causes of death to service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's Lyme disease is granted as service connected, with evidence linking his symptoms to a tick bite during training in 2013.
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