The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a separate disability entity manifested by dizziness, fatigue, fever, and muscle aches and pains, including as due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The symptoms were attributed to known clinical diagnoses (depression, somatoform disorder) rather than being linked to service or any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, fatigue, fever, muscle aches and pains
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0307762
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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 claim for service connection for dizziness to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether it is related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for fatigue and prurigo nodularis, both on a secondary basis to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, finding no evidence of the condition and attributing the Veteran's symptoms to other known diagnoses.
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