The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for diffuse muscle twitching, impaired cognition, short-term memory impairment, and visual impairment (including photophobia), as neurological signs and/or symptoms of a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence reflects that the Veteran experienced these neurological symptoms after separation from service, which are considered to be manifestations of an undiagnosed illness or other qualifying chronic disability.
- Claimed conditions
- diffuse muscle twitching, impaired cognition, short-term memory impairment, visual impairment (including photophobia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1416574
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Veteran's treatment by VA did not result in the claimed disabilities, and there is no evidence of additional disability caused by VA care.
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