The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any diagnosed conditions related to his service in the Gulf War Theater, and thus cannot establish service connection for shortness of breath, fatigue, elbow pain, hip pain, back pain, or knee pain as due to undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current diagnoses that could be linked to the veteran's Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- shortness of breath, fatigue, right elbow pain, left elbow pain, muscle/joint soreness of the left hip, muscle/joint soreness of the right hip, muscle/joint soreness of the low back, muscle joint soreness of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0215310
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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