The Veteran's residuals of TBI, including neurocognitive disorder, are granted as service connected. The rating for headaches is remanded and the TDIU claim is also remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence linking the current condition to an in-service injury (fractured jaw).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of TBI, neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18141141
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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