The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches and fatigue are not related to an undiagnosed illness or any other service-connected condition, resulting in a denial of these claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current diagnosis of headache and concluded that the Veteran's symptoms were due to his PTSD and sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches (Migraine), Fatigue with complaints of no energy and memory difficulty
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1441702
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for right shoulder and right knee disabilities. However, these claims are still pending as they have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for PTSD, memory loss, cognitive disorder, headaches, skin rash, and arthritis of the knees were denied as they are not shown to be related to service. The veteran does not have a qualifying chronic disability from undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained multisymptom illness.
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