The Board found no evidence of a chronic disability attributable to an undiagnosed illness, and denied service connection for fatigue, memory loss, and muscle spasms.
The deciding factor: The VA compensation examinations did not find objective indications of chronic disabilities related to the Veteran's complaints of fatigue, memory loss, or muscle spasms. The examiner concluded that these symptoms were more likely due to other causes such as traumatic head injury and alcohol abuse.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, memory loss, muscle spasms
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1006128
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