The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for memory loss and fatigue. Service connection is granted for both conditions, with memory loss presumed due to Gulf War exposure and sleep apnea found to be related to active duty.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on presumptive service connection under VA regulations for Gulf War veterans who have objective indications of qualifying chronic disability that became manifest during active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, including memory loss and fatigue.
- Claimed conditions
- Memory loss, Fatigue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165933
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