The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased disability ratings and service connection for various conditions due to an undiagnosed illness. The evidence did not meet the criteria for any compensable evaluations or service connections.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show impairment that would warrant a compensable evaluation, nor was there sufficient evidence of service connection based on the theory of an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue, weakness, body aches, joint pain, psychiatric disorder (claimed as sleep disorder, eating disorder, PTSD, irritability, memory loss), hypercholesterolemia, gastrointestinal disorder, neurologic disorder, hearing loss, skin disorder, cystitis, residuals of dental trauma and head trauma, scars of the back and face, tonsillitis, headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0316116
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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