The Board found that the Veteran's dementia of the Alzheimer's type is not related to active service or any incident of service and was not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's dementia of the Alzheimer's type and his military service, including on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- dementia of the Alzheimer's type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1329168
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