The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a disability manifested by temporary memory loss and respiratory disabilities, were denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or etiological links to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to establish the presence of current disabilities or their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Disability manifested by temporary memory loss, Respiratory disability (Legionnaires' disease), Nerve disability, Hypertension, Cardiovascular disability, Diabetes mellitus, Osteoarthritis of the right and left knees, Right and left shoulders, Cervical spine disability, Gout (originally claimed as a disability manifested by joint pain), Right eye disability, Low back disability (originally claimed as a spine disability, other than a cervical spine disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2012
- Citation
- 1216020
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