The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for service-connected malaria and service connection for shortness of breath secondary to service-connected malaria, finding no evidence of current residuals or recurrence of malaria and concluding that shortness of breath is not related to his service-connected malaria.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence to support the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for service-connected malaria and service connection for shortness of breath secondary to service-connected malaria, as there were no current residuals or recurrence of malaria and the VA examiner found that shortness of breath was more likely associated with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Claimed conditions
- malaria, shortness of breath
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0524405
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