The veteran's abdominal pain, gastroesophageal reflux, and multiple joint pain are considered to be due to an undiagnosed illness during her service in the Persian Gulf. These conditions have been granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The veteran has provided credible testimony regarding the onset of these symptoms shortly after her service in the Persian Gulf, and there is no evidence of a supervening cause or willful misconduct that would preclude service connection for these undiagnosed illnesses.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal Pain, Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD), Multiple Joint Pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0030037
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