The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board has determined that there is no evidence to support his assertions of a current disability and nexus with service. The Veteran's urinary condition was found not to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's urethral stricture is not related to service, including presumed exposure to environmental toxins during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Multi-symptom Gulf War illness manifested by chronic fatigue, Testicular disability, claimed as loss of use of creative organ, Multi-symptom Gulf War illness manifested by chronic joint pain, Multi-symptom Gulf War illness manifested by memory loss, Multi-symptom Gulf War illness manifested by weight loss, Urinary condition, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness or as a symptom of a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom Gulf War illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22060748
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