The Board has granted service connection for chronic central nervous system symptoms, but denied the remaining claims on appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran's central nervous system symptoms are related to her active military service and are presumed due to an undiagnosed illness. The other conditions were not incurred or aggravated by her service.
- Claimed conditions
- central nervous system symptoms, urinary tract infections, muscle and joint pain, hypothyroidism, skin rash, headaches, baldness, respiratory symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0400010
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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