The Board denied service connection for dizziness, sexual dysfunction, and visual impairment as they were not shown to be related to active service or the Persian Gulf War. The veteran's current conditions have been attributed to known diagnoses.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the disabilities manifested by dizziness, sexual dysfunction, and visual impairment are due to undiagnosed illnesses or injuries incurred during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, sexual dysfunction, visual impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0011983
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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