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
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for heat stroke and migraine to afford the Veteran a VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable evaluation for hypertension and granted an initial 30 percent evaluation for vertigo, but no higher. The claim for service connection for heat stroke was also denied.
- Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection and evaluation of several conditions.
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