The Board denied service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by muscle and joint pain, fatigue, and irritable bowel symptoms due to lack of evidence linking the disability to service. Service connection was granted for generalized anxiety disorder incurred in service. The Board also denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for the undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not establish a link between the veteran's current symptoms and his Gulf War service, nor did they support a diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Undiagnosed Illness Manifested by Muscle and Joint Pain, Fatigue, and Irritable Bowel Symptoms, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0205935
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