The Board found that the veteran's bursitis of the right shoulder and hip were incurred in service. The other claims for undiagnosed illness due to exposure to environmental factors or an undetermined illness were not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness, as required by VA regulations for Persian Gulf War veterans.
- Claimed conditions
- bursitis of the right shoulder, bursitis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003655
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bursitis of the right hip, left and right hip conditions, and alcohol abuse.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bursitis of the right and left hips as secondary to their respective total hip replacements, but remanded the claims for increased ratings.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeals related to the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating of his right shoulder bursitis, left shoulder bursitis, and right ring finger fracture.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for bursitis of the left hip and right hip. The case will be remanded for further examination and consideration.
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