The veteran has been shown to have a chronic disability (due to undiagnosed illness) manifested by signs and symptoms involving muscle and joint pain of both knees, which appears to be related to service. Service connection for an undiagnosed illness is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran had objective indications of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness (undiagnosed illness of the knees) manifested by signs and symptoms involving muscle and joint pain of both knees, which appeared to be related to service in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle and joint pain of both knees
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0307630
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What this means for you
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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