The Veteran's current TBI residuals are not considered to be related to his head injuries in service, and the Board has determined that service connection for these residuals is denied.
The deciding factor: The current neurocognitive impairment does not appear to be related to the two in-service incidents of head trauma due to the distance between the Veteran's service and the onset of his current residuals and the Veteran's age.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19168224
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability but denied service connection for a chronic left knee disability and residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence being added to the record and a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) not having been issued yet.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have current residuals from a TBI due to any incident of active service and denied his claim for service connection.
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