The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The June 2024 and September 2024 opinions are not fully responsive to the prior questions posed because they contain conflicting findings as to whether there was clear and unmistakable evidence that the Veteran had a preexisting TBI that was aggravated by service, and do not adequately consider lay statements from the Veteran and his family members.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002529
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