The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury and frontotemporal dementia, finding that the Veteran's TBI in service caused his development of frontotemporal dementia.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by the psychiatrist established that the Veteran suffered a TBI during service which led to his development of frontotemporal dementia.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), frontotemporal dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2026
- Citation
- A26014287
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