The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU due to a lack of evidence supporting his claimed conditions as being related to undiagnosed illness during Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no objective medical evidence linking the veteran's symptoms to an undiagnosed illness from Gulf War service, or any other known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee condition, chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, elbow pain, hair loss, feet swelling, leg cramps, loud tone in ears, head rushes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0403073
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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