The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current learning disability and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows no diagnosis of a learning disability in service or since separation, and the Veteran's statements concerning whether he had a learning disability are contradictory.
- Claimed conditions
- Learning Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1401273
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