The Board denied service connection for HIV infection and an undiagnosed illness, finding no evidence of the conditions in service and insufficient medical nexus to establish a link between current symptoms and military service.
The deciding factor: There was no positive HIV test during service, and the veteran's earliest known positive HIV test occurred after separation from service. The Board also found that there is insufficient evidence linking the undiagnosed illness to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0208109
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