The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a stroke is stayed due to the unresolved legal issue regarding herbicide exposure in Vietnam.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depressive disorder has been reopened, but denied. The TBI was resolved within a few days after the 1964 incident, and there are no current residuals of the TBI.,Service connection is granted for depressive disorder as it is proximately due to service-connected asbestosis related to pleural disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's stroke in 2004 caused memory issues that may be related to his mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from 1964, but the TBI resolved itself and there are no current residuals.,There is relative equipoise between the Veteran’s depressive disorder and service-connected asbestosis related to pleural disease. The private physician's opinion supports this finding.,The effective date for the grant of service connection and award of 30 percent rating for asbestosis related to pleural disease due to exposure to asbestos cannot be earlier than June 30, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of stroke, mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18148425
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