The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for essential hypertension with cardiac distress, avitaminosis, a kidney condition with urinary tract infection and nocturnal enuresis, and general debility with insomnia and headaches. The Board found no evidence of continuity of symptomatology or a nexus between these conditions and his period of service.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not show any abnormal findings indicative of the veteran's claimed conditions until many years after discharge from service, and there was no evidence linking the current conditions to his period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- essential hypertension with cardiac distress, avitaminosis, kidney condition with urinary tract infection and nocturnal enuresis, general debility with insomnia and headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0417895
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What this means for you
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