The Board denied all service connection claims as there was no medical evidence supporting the presence or causation of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish that any of the veteran's claimed conditions are related to his military service, including undiagnosed illness from service in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- subscapular bursitis (shoulder and side pain), orthostatic hypotension (dizziness), kidney problems, anosmia (loss of smell), hypogeusia (loss of taste), lichen simplex chronicicus (rash in the groin), fungal intertrigo of the fourth interspace of the right foot, and tinea pedis (rash on the toes), breathing problems
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0125906
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What this means for you
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