The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for reflex sympathetic dystrophy, finding that there was insufficient evidence to support a diagnosis of RSD and concluding that any potential condition did not arise during or as a result of his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no clear-cut evidence of RSD in the record and concluded that the veteran's symptoms were more likely related to other conditions, such as arachnoiditis and systemic sclerosis.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0115163
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What this means for you
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