The Board denied service connection for dysthymia and chronic pain disorder, finding that the veteran does not currently suffer from these conditions and there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not support a diagnosis of dysthymia or chronic pain syndrome in the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymia, chronic pain disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0105130
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What this means for you
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