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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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.
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