The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for new and relevant evidence in relation to his service connection claims for Traumatic Brain Injury, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Right Hand Tremors, and Urinary/Bladder Incontinence. The claims are being remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by the Veteran do not meet the criteria for establishing a service-connected disability as they lack supporting clinical data or rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Undiagnosed Illness - Right Hand Tremors, Urinary/Bladder Incontinence
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- A19002631
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What this means for you
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