Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury, seizure disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided are inadequate as they do not address whether gas mask training is capable of causing seizures, TBI, or an acquired psychiatric disorder, and if so, whether it happened in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), seizure disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disturbances, and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25012987
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