The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastroenteritis and renal failure (also claimed as dizziness, vomiting, and headaches) and tinea versicolor. The issues of muscle and joint pain, insomnia, digestive disorder, and headaches were also addressed but not decided.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the competent and objective medical evidence did not demonstrate that the veteran had any of these conditions as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroenteritis, renal failure (claimed as dizziness, vomiting, and headaches), tinea versicolor
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0218239
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and an increased rating for gastritis, gastroenteritis, and GERD to obtain a retrospective medical opinion on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claim for tinea versicolor to ensure that VA fulfills its duty to assist by obtaining private medical records and potentially scheduling a new examination.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia, left and right ear hearing loss, and gastroenteritis, but granted service connection for migraine headaches. The claims for an initial evaluation higher than 30 percent for chronic sinusitis and 20 percent for fibromyalgia were also denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for enlarged liver (fatty infiltration), benign prostate hypertrophy, and tinea versicolor as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
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