The Board has granted service connection for chronic disabilities manifested by neck pains, bilateral elbow joint pains, and bilateral hand pains due to undiagnosed illnesses. Service connection is also granted for degenerative joint disease of the interphalangeal joints of all the fingers and bilateral patellofemoral syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, which allows for presumptive service connection for chronic disabilities manifested by undiagnosed illnesses in veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater during the Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Neck Pains, Bilateral Elbow Pains, Bilateral Hand Pains, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Interphalangeal Joints of All the Fingers, Bilateral Patellofemoral Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0726356
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What this means for you
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