The Board has granted service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain of the elbows, finding that it may be presumed to have been incurred in active service due to exposure in the Southwest Asia theater during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The objective evidence includes clinical notations of pain and stiffness in both elbows, which has been reported over the course of years without being attributed to a known diagnosis. The condition has been manifested to a degree of 10 percent, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pain of the elbows
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0205834
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