The veteran's claimed conditions are not service-connected due to lack of evidence supporting a link between his current symptoms and service, including Gulf War exposure.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any chronic or undiagnosed illnesses that would support the veteran's claims for service connection. The veteran's reported symptoms have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses rather than an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- acute gastroenteritis, heart disease (history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and mitral valve prolapse), chronic headaches, sleeplessness, shakes, cold sweats, chronic fatigue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0843361
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