The Board found that the veteran's symptoms, including shortness of breath, joint pain, mood swings, insomnia, fatigue, memory loss, and dizziness, were attributable to known clinical diagnoses rather than an undiagnosed illness. Therefore, service connection was denied for all claims.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinions attributed the veteran's symptoms to recognized conditions such as COPD, arthritis, dysthymia, and insomnia, thus not meeting the criteria for service connection under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
- Claimed conditions
- Shortness of breath, Joint pain (arthritis), Mood swings, Insomnia, Fatigue, Memory loss, Dizziness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2002
- Citation
- 0210832
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What this means for you
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