The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for various symptoms, including asthma, hair loss, fatigue, skin rashes, intestinal problems, headaches, and body aches are well grounded. The RO denied service connection for these conditions based on presumptive service connection due to undiagnosed illness arising from Persian Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's statements and medical evidence support the presence of symptoms that may be related to an undiagnosed illness during her active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, hair loss, shortness of breath (asthma), fatigue, skin rashes, intestinal problems, headaches, body aches, dry eye with left eye pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010259
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and increased ratings for left shoulder rotator cuff tear, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, hypertension, and left and right leg restless leg syndrome. The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma but denied it for hypertension.
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