The Board has granted service connection for unspecified neurocognitive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with mood disorder, finding that there is an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s unspecified neurocognitive disorder is related to his service-connected PTSD due to overlapping symptoms and severity of the conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified neurocognitive disorder (claimed as dementia), PTSD with mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19170974
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What this means for you
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