The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for night sweats as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness due to lack of medical evidence and because he currently does not have objective clinical indications of night sweats.
The deciding factor: There is no objective clinical evidence of night sweats in the record, and the veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection under the provisions of the Persian Gulf War Veterans' Act.
- Claimed conditions
- night sweats
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2003
- Citation
- 0313460
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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