The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability and traumatic brain injury are granted service connection, with the Board finding that his conditions had their onset during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disability and TBI began in service and have been recurrent since then, linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21030675
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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.
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