Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 17, 1968 for the establishment of service connection for TBI and headaches, and granted service connection for cause of death.
The deciding factor: The newly obtained service records were in existence at the time of the 1968 denial but not before VA. The evidence shows that the Veteran had a head injury during service, establishing entitlement to service connection prior to VA's receipt of the initial application.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), headaches, non-small cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021873
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