The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disability characterized by a low-grade recurring fever and a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI), finding that there was no evidence to support these conditions as being related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical opinion linking the Veteran's claimed disabilities to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- low-grade recurring fever, medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23050201
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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