The Board has determined that the Veteran's Alzheimer’s disease began during service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence, including lay and medical opinions, overwhelmingly demonstrates that the Veteran's Alzheimer’s disease began in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Alzheimer’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- A19001044
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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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