The Board has determined that the veteran's dry hands, intolerance of heat, and chronic cough with an obstructive lung defect are manifestations of an undiagnosed illness incurred during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. Service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows objective indications of the veteran's symptoms, including dry hands, fatigue, intolerance to heat, and a chronic cough with an obstructive lung defect, which are consistent with undiagnosed illnesses incurred during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- dry hands, fatigue, intolerance of heat, chronic cough with an obstructive lung defect
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0217177
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