The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including hearing loss, earaches, back disorder, fatigue, memory loss, joint pain, nervousness and dreams, weakness, skin rashes, chest pain, blurred vision, neck stiffness, and sinus symptoms as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints were not shown to be related to his Gulf War service or any other known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Back Disorder with Numbness of Legs, Blurred Vision, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Earaches, Fatigue, Hearing Loss, Joint Pain, Memory Loss, Neck Stiffness, Nervous Disorder and Dreams, Sinus Symptoms (Headaches), Skin Rashes, Weakness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0415172
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What this means for you
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