The VA denied the appellant's claim for service connection due to memory loss, finding no objective medical evidence and inconsistent reports of onset. The appellant did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection under the Gulf War Illnesses provisions.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to provide credible evidence showing objective indications of chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness manifested by memory loss that became manifest during active military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War or within one year after separation, and was not attributable to any known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0102242
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