The Board has determined that the veteran's medical evaluation and treatment history supported reducing his disability rating to zero percent effective September 1, 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show recurrence of fever since the initial award of service connection in April 20, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- elevated fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0703843
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- Denied
The Board found that the reduction in the veteran's disability rating for elevated fever from 10 to 0 percent, effective September 1, 2002, was appropriate based on sustained and material improvement.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's multiple disorders, including irregular heartbeat, kidney stones, impotence, gallstones, stress, hemorrhaging in the sinuses and throat, pain in the upper chest and shoulders, elevated fever, infections of the body, and insomnia are presumed to be due to exposure to mustard gas during service. The Board has granted this claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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