The Board has determined that there is no current medical evidence of any residuals of a tropical disease, including catarrhal fever. Therefore, the claim for service connection for residuals of a tropical fever is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence of a current disability to support the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a tropical fever.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a tropical fever, catarrhal fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0508292
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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