The Board found that the veteran does not have a chronic disability manifested by loss of appetite and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the presence of a current disability manifested as loss of appetite.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of appetite
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0310672
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