The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for amnestic cognitive impairment, finding that there is no direct or secondary service connection based on evidence in the record. The claim was also not considered under a presumption of herbicide exposure due to lack of such diseases listed.
The deciding factor: There is no direct causal link between active service and the Veteran's current diagnoses of amnestic cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's dementia, and Lewy Body dementia. Additionally, there is no evidence linking these conditions to intracranial atherosclerosis or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- amnestic cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's dementia, Lewy Body dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19187492
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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