The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including fatigue, hair loss, night sweats with chest pain, joint pain of the wrists and arms, memory loss, suicidal tendencies, irritability, stuttering, a sleep disorder, short attention span, psychiatric condition, headaches with blurred vision, sensory polyneuropathy (claimed as tingling and numbness of joints), arthritis of the knees, bladder problems with incontinence, PTSD, and CFS are denied. The evidence does not support service connection for these conditions under any theory.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence does not establish a link between the veteran's current diagnosed conditions and her military service or an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- A Sleep Disorder, Fatigue, Hair Loss, Headaches with Blurred Vision, Irritability, Joint Pain of the Wrists, Arms and Neck, Memory Loss, Night Sweats with Chest Pain, Psychiatric Condition, Sensory Polyneuropathy (claimed as tingling and numbness of the joints), Short Attention Span, Stuttering, Suicidal Tendencies
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0604207
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