The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for nightmares, depression, headaches, nausea, excessive sweating, fatigue, swelling from insect bites, symptoms of a flu-like virus, and red eyes as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness due to lack of objective evidence of chronic disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against the claims for service connection for signs and symptoms of nightmares and depression, as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Nightmares, Depression, Headaches, Nausea, Excessive Sweating, Fatigue, Swelling from insect bites, Symptoms of a flu-like virus, Red eyes, Joint pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0031049
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