The Veteran's chronic fatigue syndrome was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.,The Veteran does not have a diagnosed disability of the urinary tract that is due to an undiagnosed illness or other medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness.,The Veteran does not have objectively exhibited signs or symptoms of unspecified joint pain as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness.,The Veteran's GERD was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.,The Veteran does not have objectively exhibited signs or symptoms of numbness and tingling of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, or right upper extremity as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness, a medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness, or that are otherwise attributable to service.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence shows that the Veteran's fatigue has been attributed to a known clinical diagnosis and is not a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness, and did not have its onset during military service.,The most probative evidence shows that the Veteran does not have objectively exhibited signs or symptoms of a urinary tract disability as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness; and the urinary tract infections in service were acute and transitory with no chronic symptoms or residuals.,The most probative evidence shows that the Veteran does not have objectively exhibited signs or symptoms of unspecified joint pain as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness.,The most probative evidence shows that the Veteran's reflux has been attributed to a known clinical diagnosis and is not a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness; GERD did not have its onset during military service and is not otherwise related to such service.,The most probative evidence shows that the Veteran does not have objectively exhibited signs or symptoms of numbness and tingling of the right upper and bilateral lower extremities as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness, a medically unexplained chronic multi symptom illness, or that are otherwise attributable to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Urinary Tract Infections, Unspecified Joint Pain, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Numbness and Tingling of the Right Lower Extremity, Numbness and Tingling of the Left Lower Extremity, Numbness and Tingling of the Right Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1425924
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