Granted

The Board granted an effective date of December 29, 2009 for the grant of service connection for a TBI.

The deciding factor: The evidence shows that diagnoses for TBI were made in close proximity to when the original December 2009 service connection claim was filed, so that is sufficient to establish service connection based on the date of the claim.

Claimed conditions: traumatic brain injury (TBI)
How they argued it: Direct service connection
Exposure basis: None
Rating assigned: None in this decision
Decision date: November 19, 2025
Citation: A25100641

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