The Board has denied service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury and a Seizure Disorder, finding that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of these conditions. The claims are also remanded for further examination regarding a claimed dislocated jaw.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows no current diagnosis of TBI or seizure disorder, and the Veteran's service treatment records do not support his claim of in-service injury leading to these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2020
- Citation
- A20018821
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder moderate and TBI was granted as of October 22, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and increased evaluations for GERD, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and TBI.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected TBI from February 1, 2016, to July 2, 2021.
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