The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for head injury with memory loss, postoperative residuals of pituitary and brain tumors, and a bilateral eye disorder (claimed as nerve damage), finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: VA provided adequate notice and assistance but failed to find any medical evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury with memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0528013
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