The Board has determined that the Veteran's heat intolerance condition, which started in service and continues to this day, meets the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's heat intolerance condition was incurred in service and is unchanged since then.
- Claimed conditions
- Heat Intolerance, Residuals of Heat Stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2017
- Citation
- 1748379
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