The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals from a head injury is denied as there is no current diagnosis of such disability.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of residuals from a head injury in the Veteran's medical records, and the Board finds that the evidence does not support a finding of such a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals from a head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1815222
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