The Board granted service connection for dementia, finding that the Veteran's in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune caused his current diagnosis of dementia.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and found the private medical opinion more persuasive than the VA examiner's negative nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- dementia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24000887
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for dementia, finding that it was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected hearing loss disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for dementia, finding no evidence linking the Veteran's dementia to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for dementia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain additional medical evidence.
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