The Board finds that the veteran's cognitive deficits are due to undiagnosed illness and service in the Persian Gulf War, with no organic cause found.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's dementia had no organic basis and suggested it may be related to his Persian Gulf service.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive deficits
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0301279
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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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