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

{"condition_name":"Fatigue","associated_symptoms":["memory loss","suicidal tendencies","irritability","stuttering","a sleep disorder","short attention span"]}, {"condition_name":"Hair Loss"}, {"condition_name":"Night Sweats with Chest Pain","associated_symptoms":["chest pain"]}, {"condition_name":"Joint Pain of the Wrists, Arms and Neck","associated_symptoms":["joint pain of wrists","arm joints","neck joint pain"]}, {"condition_name":"Memory Loss"}, {"condition_name":"Suicidal Tendencies"}, {"condition_name":"Irritability"}, {"condition_name":"Stuttering"}, {"condition_name":"A Sleep Disorder","associated_symptoms":["sleep disorder"]}, {"condition_name":"Short Attention Span"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Condition","associated_symptoms":["psychiatric condition"]}, {"condition_name":"Headaches with Blurred Vision","associated_symptoms":["headache","blurred vision"]}, {"condition_name":"Sensory Polyneuropathy (claimed as tingling and numbness of the joints)","associated_symptoms":["tingling","numbness of joints"]}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 14, 2006

Citation

0604207