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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0531166
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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