The Board granted service connection for various conditions, including emotional changes, weakness, difficulty concentrating, behavioral changes, cognitive impairment, decreased memory concentration and attention, memory loss, delayed reaction time, dizziness and vertigo, sleep disturbance, and difficulty hearing in noisy situations. The Veteran was also granted a 100 percent disability rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as chronic fatigue syndrome.

The deciding factor: The competent, credible, and probative lay and medical evidence supported the claims that the conditions had their onset during service, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

Claimed conditions

emotional changes, weakness, difficulty concentrating, behavioral changes, cognitive impairment, decreased memory concentration and attention, memory loss, delayed reaction time, dizziness and vertigo, sleep disturbance, difficulty hearing in noisy situations, migratory joint pain (secondary to chronic fatigue syndrome), muscle aches (secondary to chronic fatigue syndrome), peripheral neuropathy (secondary to service-connected TBI)

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

March 6, 2025

Citation

25003263

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