The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, finding that they were not attributable to undiagnosed illnesses or any other basis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a diagnosis of undiagnosed illness and found no objective evidence to account for the veteran's complaints.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach pain, stomach bloating, diarrhea, soft stools, indigestion, shortness of breath, coughing up blood, pain in multiple joints (other than the lumbosacral spine, right ankle, and right index finger), leg cramps, nocturnal chills and fever, night sweats, dizziness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0203665
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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