The Board denied service connection for TBI and higher ratings for various conditions but remanded decisions on the effective date for left lower extremity radiculopathy and rating for IVDS.

The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran has had a TBI or other claimed conditions at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

Claimed conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Left hip strain with limitation of flexion, Left hip strain with limitation of extension, Left hip strain with limitation of rotation, Right hip strain with limitation of flexion, Right hip strain limitation of extension, Right hip strain limitation of rotation, Post-concussive headaches, Tinnitus, Right knee strain, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) with degenerative arthritis of the spine

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 29, 2025

Citation

A25007952

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