The Veteran's short-term memory loss disability, personality disorder, bilateral eye disability, tremors disability, and sleep disability are all granted as service-connected. However, the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a personality disorder or any other specific condition that would warrant service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's short-term memory loss disability, personality disorder, bilateral eye disability, tremors disability, and sleep disability are related to his in-service meningitis. The Board has resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Short-term memory loss disability, Personality disorder, Bilateral eye disability, Tremors disability, Sleep disability (including narcolepsy and OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20029637
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