The Veteran's memory impairment is related to his service-connected disabilities, specifically his sleep apnea and PTSD.,The Veteran does not have any other residuals of a head injury that are currently service connected.
The deciding factor: Memory impairment is found to be proximately due to or the result of service-connected disability (sleep apnea and PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- Memory impairment, Residuals of a head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1710540
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