The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia, nightmares, fatigue, and long-term memory loss due to undiagnosed illness as his symptoms are attributed to a personality disorder.
The deciding factor: The clinical record associates the veteran's complaints with a primary diagnosis of a personality disorder, not an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- insomnia, nightmares, fatigue, long and short-term memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0639749
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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