The Board found no evidence of a current disability manifested by high fever or meningitis, and there is no competent evidence attributing tremors to the veteran's period of service. Therefore, the claims for service connection were denied.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current disabilities (high fever/meningitis syndrome and tremors) to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Syndrome caused by high fever, also claimed as meningitis, Tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0412487
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What this means for you
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