The Board found that the veteran's claims for hearing loss, loss of visual acuity, and hypothyroidism (to include as due to an undiagnosed illness) are not well grounded. The other conditions were also not well grounded.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current disabilities or a link between service and the claimed conditions for hearing loss, loss of visual acuity, hypothyroidism (to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), skin disability, cervical radiculopathy with associated musculoskeletal pain, or chronic ear fluid buildup and Eustachian tube dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss, Loss of visual acuity, Fatigue, weight gain, cold sensitivity and inability to sweat (hypothyroidism), Skin disability manifested by rashes and peeling of the hands and feet, Cervical radiculopathy with associated musculoskeletal pain, Disability manifested by chronic ear fluid buildup and Eustachian tube dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0028500
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