The Board denied the veteran's claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to memory loss resulting from a septoplasty performed at a VA facility, finding no reasonable possibility that VA assistance would aid in substantiating the claim and concluding that there is no evidence linking the memory loss to the septoplasty.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran's short term memory loss was not etiologically related to the March 1998 septoplasty performed at a VA facility, as he did not claim it was caused by the surgery and there is no medical evidence linking the memory loss to the septoplasty.
- Claimed conditions
- Memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0217570
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