The Board denied service connection for bilateral shoulder subacromial impingement and muscle and joint pain claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness incurred in active service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a causal relationship between the veteran's current shoulder disability and any incident of active duty, nor does there exist sufficient evidence to establish continuity of symptoms after discharge for the claimed muscle and joint pain.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder subacromial impingement, muscle and joint pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0316192
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for muscle and joint pain, to include fibromyalgia, is granted as the condition is presumptively related to his active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic disability manifested by muscle and joint pain, other than his service-connected CFS, is remanded due to the need for further development including a TERA memorandum and VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, requesting higher-level review of the February 2025 rating decision. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied due to lack of evidence supporting the claimed conditions.,Special monthly compensation on a statutory housebound basis was granted for the period from December 3, 2012 through June 30, 2016.
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