The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a head injury, to include seizures with headaches, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is related to his in-service head injury. The appeal is remanded for further development regarding TDIU.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service and credible assertions by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, seizures with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- A21016635
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