The Board has determined that the veteran's headaches, muscle aches, insomnia and sleeplessness, fatigue, memory loss, joint pain and stiffness, depression, numbness in extremities, bleeding from gums, and frequent thirst are all considered to be due to undiagnosed illnesses related to his service in the Persian Gulf War. As such, these claims have been granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints of multiple undiagnosed disabilities were found to be consistent with his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War and are presumed to be due to that service.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, muscle aches, insomnia and sleeplessness, fatigue, memory loss, joint pain and stiffness, depression, numbness in extremities, bleeding from gums, frequent thirst
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0410451
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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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