Granted
The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury, headache disorder, and lacunar infarcts with microscopic white matter changes.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence showing the conditions are related to the Veteran's active service or secondary to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), headache disorder, lacunar infarcts with microscopic white matter changes (WMCs), claimed as strokes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108320
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