The Board has granted service connection for depression, memory loss due to Gulf War service, and numbness of the right side and leg due to Gulf War service. The effective dates are set at November 18, 1993.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a nexus between the veteran's diagnosed conditions and his military service in the Persian Gulf.
- Claimed conditions
- presbyopia, ear, nose and throat disability, stomach problems and nausea, sarcoidosis, psychiatric disorder (including depression), memory loss, numbness of the right side and leg, impotence
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0416890
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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