The Veteran's claims for service connection for teeth grinding and residuals from a traumatic brain injury have been granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that established the presence of current disabilities related to these conditions, which were not previously considered in the May 2013 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- teeth grinding, residuals from a traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008643
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, teeth grinding, residuals of TBI, sleep disability, breathing disability, and IBS as there was no evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for depression, teeth grinding, obstructive sleep apnea, and an extraschedular rating for tinnitus due to a procedural defect in the filing of concurrent elections.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder pain, left knee pain, right knee pain, lower back pain, and teeth grinding due to insufficient documentation of military service and the need for additional medical examinations.
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