The Board has granted service connection for a disability manifested by stiffness in the joints and for a disability manifested by chronic fatigue, both of which are associated with the veteran's service in the Persian Gulf.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on objective indications of chronic disability resulting from undiagnosed illness during active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- Stiffness in the joints, Chronic fatigue
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0612193
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