The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizoaffective disorder, both found to be related to the Veteran's in-service TBI.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran experienced residual symptoms from his in-service TBI and that these symptoms are related to his current acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury, acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179432
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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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an impermissible concurrent election of review lanes.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, finding the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current residual symptoms share a nexus with an in-service injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) has been remanded. The Board will review additional records and consider an extraschedular TDIU.
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