The veteran's claims for service connection were denied as they did not meet the criteria for service connection due to undiagnosed illnesses, and his hypertension claim was also denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established as the conditions claimed are not shown by competent medical evidence to have been incurred in or aggravated during active duty. The veteran's claims were based on undiagnosed illness under Persian Gulf War criteria but failed to meet the required standards for service connection due to these illnesses.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition, respiratory/pulmonary disorder, headache disability, fatigue, liver condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205195
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a liver condition, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an increased rating for a headache disability, and the Board dismissed the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin condition, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current skin conditions and his military service.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
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