The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for heat stroke, left and right calf ruptures, and a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of current disabilities or residuals from service-connected conditions in the provided decision summary.
- Claimed conditions
- heat stroke, left calf muscle rupture, right calf muscle rupture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0301771
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,464 · Granted: 14% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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