The Board has granted service connection for numbness of the left cheek and stuttering, both claimed as due to undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to an undiagnosed illness based on their onset during active duty in the Southwest Asia theater.
- Claimed conditions
- Numbness of the left cheek, Stuttering
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2015
- Citation
- 1545790
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