The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his in-service boxing injuries and his service-connected sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it as least as likely as not that the Veteran’s cognitive condition was related to service, considering the Veteran's symptom-free state before active duty and the development of symptoms later in life.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124173
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
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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