The Board found that the appellant's memory loss and attention issues are due to a pre-existing learning disability, not related to his service in Southwest Asia. Therefore, he cannot be granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The appellant's memory problems were diagnosed as a residual ADHD and learning disorder, which existed prior to service and is not considered a disease or injury under VA compensation law.
- Claimed conditions
- Memory Loss Disorder, Learning Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0020688
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