The Board denied service connection for memory loss and chronic fatigue due to undiagnosed illnesses, but granted service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy as it is presumed to have started during active service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multi-symptom condition in the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- Memory loss due to an undiagnosed illness, Chronic fatigue due to an undiagnosed illness, Benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0531166
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 60 percent for benign prostatic hypertrophy with urethritis from February 19, 2014.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tension headaches are granted service connection. The remaining issues of service connection for various musculoskeletal and psychiatric disabilities are remanded.
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