The Veteran's claims for service connection for a neck condition, right shoulder condition and hearing loss (recharacterized as mild neurocognitive disorder due to TBI) are granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found the September 2014 private evaluations highly probative in establishing the nexus between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition, right shoulder condition, mild neurocognitive disorder (due to TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19196126
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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