The Board found no current residuals of the Veteran's heat exhaustion in service and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran did not have a heat stroke, but rather heat exhaustion during service which is self-limiting without residual effects.
- Claimed conditions
- Heat Exhaustion, Numbness of Back and Legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2011
- Citation
- 1116481
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