The Board has determined that the veteran's anemia, a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness, is well grounded and service connection will be granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the veteran includes objective indications of chronic disability (anemia) manifest during his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0005806
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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