The Board found that the claim of entitlement to service connection for an unspecified tropical disease is not well grounded due to a lack of competent medical evidence showing a current disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit any evidence of a current medical diagnosis of a tropical disease or related condition, and his service records were incomplete. The Board concluded that the claim was not well-grounded.
- Claimed conditions
- tropical disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0018066
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What this means for you
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