The veteran's service connection claim for joint and muscle pain due to undiagnosed illness during his Persian Gulf War service is granted.
The deciding factor: The condition may be presumed related to service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War, as evidenced by objective signs and symptoms that have persisted since service.
- Claimed conditions
- joint and muscle pain due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0302534
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A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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