The Board finds that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a respiratory disorder manifested by chest pain and for a chronic headache disorder are not well grounded because there is no current evidence of a chronic headache disorder or chest disability in the form of a medical diagnosis; no evidence of incurrence or aggravation of a respiratory disorder manifested by chest pain or of a chronic headache disorder in service; and no medical evidence of a nexus between any inservice injury or disease and any current respiratory, chest, or chronic headache disorder.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims are not well grounded as there is no current evidence of a chronic headache disorder or chest disability in the form of a medical diagnosis; no evidence of incurrence or aggravation of a respiratory disorder manifested by chest pain or of a chronic headache disorder in service; and no medical evidence of a nexus between any inservice injury or disease and any current respiratory, chest, or chronic headache disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory Disorder (chest pain), Chronic Headache Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0007508
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