The veteran's constipation and diarrhea are considered chronic disabilities resulting from undiagnosed illnesses, but service connection for these conditions is not granted on a direct basis. The veteran's sleep disability cannot be linked to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosed condition underlying the veteran's symptoms of constipation, diarrhea, and sleep dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- constipation, diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0326341
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