The Board has granted service connection for headaches, diarrhea, and insomnia due to undiagnosed illness experienced during the veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The disability must be manifested by objective indications of chronic disability not later than December 31, 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran exhibited objective signs or symptoms of chronic disability related to headaches, diarrhea, and insomnia that can be attributed to his service in the Gulf War without a known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, diarrhea, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0001802
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