The Board denied service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as there was no evidence to support the claim, including from combat service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported TBI incidents were not supported by medical records or consistent with his own account, leading to a conclusion that the claimed disability did not arise in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of TBI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24072082
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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