The Board denied service connection for chronic residual disability of head injury, to include traumatic brain injury, finding that the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service head injuries were not credible and there was no other probative evidence of a TBI in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service head injuries were found to be not credible due to internal inconsistencies and lack of corroborating medical records. The Board also noted that the March 2017 TBI examination report did not have any probative weight as it was based on self-reports without an accurate medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic residual disability of head injury, traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19127898
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