The Board denied all claims for service connection for various disabilities, including neurocardiogenic syncope, loss of teeth, cholecystectomy, transurethral resection of the prostate with impotency, memory loss, impaired speech, and right parietal craniotomy, as none were found to be related to service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of the claimed disabilities were incurred in active service or related to exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- neurocardiogenic syncope, disability manifested by loss of teeth, status post cholecystectomy, transurethral resection of the prostate with impotency, disability manifested by memory loss, disability manifested by impaired speech, status post right parietal craniotomy with residual cephalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0902023
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