The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral wrist disorder is due to an undiagnosed illness related to service in the Persian Gulf War, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence of objective indications of chronic disability (bilateral wrist pain) associated with service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War, as an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0124181
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What this means for you
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