The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to new and material evidence received since the July 2012 rating decision. The case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran’s claim of service connection for residuals of TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116721
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's TBI residuals are related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions are being remanded due to the need for further development and clarification of his military service records.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an impermissible concurrent election of review lanes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury is remanded due to incomplete evidence and the need for further examination.
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