The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a stomach disorder and joint pain, as these conditions have been diagnosed rather than due to an undiagnosed illness. The skin condition is granted as due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence attributed the veteran's claimed undiagnosed illnesses to clinically-diagnosed disorders, rendering the requirements for entitlement to service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 not plausible.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder, Stomach Disorder, Joint Pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0100512
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What this means for you
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