The Board denied service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease and beriberi, finding no evidence of a diagnosis or association with service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of beriberi or any link to service.
- Claimed conditions
- beriberi
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0415398
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