The veteran was granted service connection for night sweats, which were incurred in active wartime service. The Board found no evidence of a current memory loss disability and denied the claim based on lack of objective indications of chronic disability resulting from an illness or combination of illnesses manifested by one or more signs or symptoms such as those listed in paragraph (b) of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.,The veteran's skin rash on the right foot was denied service connection, with no evidence of objective indications of a chronic disability resulting from an illness or combination of illnesses manifested by one or more signs or symptoms such as those listed in paragraph (b) of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran did not have objective indications of a current chronic memory loss disability, and thus could not establish service connection under the presumptions for undiagnosed illnesses.,There was no evidence of objective indications of a chronic skin rash on the right foot resulting from an illness or combination of illnesses manifested by one or more signs or symptoms such as those listed in paragraph (b) of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
- Claimed conditions
- tiredness, night sweats, memory loss, skin rash on the right foot
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0029479
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