The Veteran's claims for bilateral ankle disorder, skin disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, and headaches have been denied as there is no persuasive evidence of a current disability or a link to service.,There is insufficient evidence to establish that the Veteran has any of these conditions resulting from an undiagnosed illness or in-service motor vehicle accident.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not provide sufficient evidence to support the Veteran's claims for bilateral ankle disorder, skin disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, and headaches as being related to service or due to an undiagnosed illness. The Board finds that there is no persuasive evidence of a current disability in any of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle disorder, skin disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1706958
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