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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