The Board has determined that the veteran's joint pain involving the bilateral wrists, hips, and left ankle is presumed to have been incurred in service due to an undiagnosed illness resulting from his service in Southwest Asia during the Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows objective indications of chronic joint pain without a known clinical diagnosis, which can be attributed to the veteran's service in the Persian Gulf region.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pain involving bilateral wrists, Joint pain involving bilateral hips, Left ankle joint pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0619183
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