The Board found that the veteran's spleen and liver symptoms and findings have been medically attributed to diagnosed conditions, and the competent medical evidence demonstrated they are not related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports provided diagnoses for the veteran's symptoms and findings, indicating known clinical diagnoses rather than an undiagnosed illness or a chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- enlarged spleen, liver condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0638860
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