The Board finds that the Veteran's headaches and migraines with memory loss are not related to his military service, including as due to an undiagnosed illness. The evidence does not show a chronic disability during or within presumptive periods after service.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence of record shows multiple diagnoses for the Veteran's symptoms, none of which can be attributed to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- holocephalic headaches, poor memory, subjective memory impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2018
- Citation
- 1815508
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