The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for high blood pressure/lung condition and amoebic dysentery have been denied as they are not well-grounded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of either condition, nor is there sufficient medical nexus evidence to establish their relationship with service.
- Claimed conditions
- high blood pressure/lung condition, amoebic dysentery
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024492
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