The Board has granted service connection for joint pain and swelling as a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness, with the condition rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of joint pain and swelling were first reported during his service in the Southwest Asia theater. They have been objectively verified by VA examination and meet the criteria for service connection under provisions for undiagnosed illnesses incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pain and swelling
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0303188
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for ulcers, migraines, mouth sores, body sores, fibromyalgia, chest pain, fatigue, joint pain and swelling, sinusitis (claimed as nose bleeds), shortness of breath, hemoptysis (coughing blood), hypertension, and memory loss. These issues are intertwined with the referred claim for service connection for Wegener's disease.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and opinions. The Veteran's conditions include strokes, transient ischemic attacks, memory loss, fibromyalgia (claimed as Desert Storm Syndrome), chest pain, joint pain and swelling, hemoptysis, hypertension, neck pain, mouth sores, body sores, migraines, sleep disorder, fatigue, sinusitis (claimed as nose bleeds), bronchitis (claimed as shortness of breath). The claims are related to service in the Gulf War.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to his death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions and updated treatment records. The claims for service connection are related to conditions that may be related to exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.
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