Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of traumatic brain injury to obtain additional evidence, including a thorough medical examination and personnel records.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA negative medical nexus opinion is inadequate due to inaccurate premises and failure to address relevant evidence. Additionally, there are missing STRs and military personnel records that need to be obtained for an accurate determination of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011692
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