The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including essential hypertension, fatigue, night sweats, a psychiatric disability, a sleep disability, and an eczematoid rash on the hands. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's diagnosed conditions to his periods of active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- essential hypertension, fatigue, night sweats, psychiatric disability, sleep disability, urological disability, eczematoid rash on the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0203836
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the presumption of soundness at entrance into service.
- Denied
The Board denied higher initial disability ratings for the service-connected psychiatric disability and denied earlier effective dates for TDIU, SMC at the schedular housebound rate, and DEA benefits.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fatigue and prurigo nodularis, both on a secondary basis to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
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