The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current disability manifested by joint pain, bowel and bladder problems, difficulty breathing, lower back pain, or memory loss due to an undiagnosed illness. The evidence does not support these claims.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence linking any of the claimed symptoms to service, including as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness attributable to the veteran's service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint Pain, Bowel and Bladder Problems, Difficulty Breathing, Lower Back Pain, Memory Problems
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0613260
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What this means for you
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