The Board has granted service connection for a disorder manifested by memory loss and sleep complaints, as well as for other conditions including lower back disorder, right wrist disorder, weak lungs, right eye disorder, hair loss, and fatigue. The remaining issues of service connection are addressed in the REMAND section.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's symptoms were related to his service in the Persian Gulf War, which is considered an undiagnosed illness under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- memory loss, sleep complaints, lower back disorder, right wrist disorder, weak lungs, right eye disorder, nodule of the right hand, hair loss, fatigue
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0118941
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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