Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a headache disability and denied an initial compensable rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI), while remanding the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headache disability was found to be etiologically related to his active service, whereas the TBI did not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The psychiatric disability required further examination due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability, traumatic brain injury (TBI), psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021271
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