The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a heat stroke due to lack of evidence supporting the in-service incident and current disability.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of a disability attributable to a heat stroke, as ruled out by the VA examiner following a complete medical examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a heat stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0816457
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Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for benign micro adenoma of the pituitary and hypogonadism as secondary to it, and remanded several other conditions for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a heat stroke, to include memory loss is denied. The Board also found that the Veteran's claim for secondary service connection for left knee numbness needs further development and remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the previously denied claims for residuals of a heat stroke, headache condition, right leg condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, and heart condition. The appeals are granted to this extent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's residuals of a heat stroke are granted as they were incurred in or aggravated by service, with the exposure being to sunlight.
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