The Board has determined that the veteran's encephalitis-like symptoms are due to an undiagnosed illness and are related to his service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War, warranting service connection.
The deciding factor: Reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the claimant when it is raised by the evidence of record. The Board found that the etiology for the veteran's encephalitis-like symptoms remains unknown and concluded that service connection should be granted based on an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Encephalitis-like symptoms
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0609634
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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