The Veteran's current vascular dementia is caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI) disability.,The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of frontotemporal lobe dementia; his symptoms are attributed to his current vascular dementia.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current vascular dementia was at least as likely as not due to his service-connected TBI disability, as cognitive decline is a late consequence of TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2022
- Citation
- A22022067
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