The Board found that the Veteran's muscle aches and weight loss did not meet the criteria for an undiagnosed illness under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, thus denying service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not establish objective indications of generalized muscle aches or specific muscle aches beyond those that have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses that are not service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle aches, weight loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1110921
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