The Board has granted service connection for disability manifested by numbness of the hands and memory loss as a residual of TBI, finding that there is at least an equal balance of evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and medical opinions linking his symptoms to in-service events and conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of the hands, memory loss as a residual of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19161224
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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