The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including major depressive disorder, blurred vision, hypertension, peptic ulcer disease, diarrhea, and a low back disorder with pain, were denied as the evidence did not show current disabilities or support a finding of an undiagnosed illness. The Board found that the claimed disorders are either accounted for by known clinical diagnoses or not manifested by chronic disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims lack legal merit due to the absence of competent evidence of current disabilities and because the conditions were attributed to known clinical diagnoses, precluding service connection under applicable laws and regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, memory loss, insomnia, blurred vision, hypertension, chronic diarrhea, low back disorder with pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0417463
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