The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disability, including asthma and chest pains. The Veteran's current diagnosis of asthma is not related to his active duty service.,The Board also denied service connection for memory loss, finding no evidence of such during or recent to the filing of the claim. The Veteran was not diagnosed with memory loss until 2003, approximately eleven years after separation from active service.,Service connection for migraines was denied as well. The August 2016 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's migraine headaches are likely due to multiple head traumas occurring after his military service.,The Board also denied service connection for a heart disability. The Veteran's pericarditis diagnosis is not related to his active duty service, and the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that it began during service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not find any relationship between the current respiratory condition and the Veteran’s active duty service.,There is no persuasive medical evidence or credible lay evidence showing memory loss manifested to a compensable degree within one year after separation from service, nor had it its onset in service and continued since then.,The August 2016 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's migraines are likely due to multiple head traumas occurring after his military service.,The preponderance of evidence did not find any relationship between the current heart condition and the Veteran’s active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disability (including asthma and chest pains), memory loss, migraines, heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20037332
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