The veteran's complaints of joint pain, numbness, and swelling in the left hip and right wrist were attributed to known diagnoses and are not related to service. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The symptoms were found to be due to known diagnoses (tendinitis of the left hip and strained right wrist) rather than an undiagnosed illness incurred during Persian Gulf service or a direct result of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pain, Numbness, Swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119834
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