The Board denied service connection for a neurobehavioral disorder, finding that the Veteran does not have such a condition and that there is no evidence of a cognitive or neurological disorder with respect to his reported symptoms.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment records show that the Veteran has received psychiatric treatment but has not been diagnosed with a neurocognitive or neurobehavioral disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- neurobehavioral disorder, cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20031358
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