The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for viral syndrome, to include as due to undiagnosed illness, finding that there is no current chronic disability and that the evidence does not support a finding of an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence showed that the veteran did not have a current chronic viral syndrome disability and that his complaints were of recent origin, resolving after treatment was initiated.
- Claimed conditions
- viral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0218040
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