The veteran is granted service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by chronic pain in the hips, thighs, knees, lower legs or calves, and ankles.
The deciding factor: The pains have existed for more than six months, are 10 percent disabling or more, and are not attributed to a known diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle pains, joint pains
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900855
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher rating of 20 percent for the right great toe fracture but denied increased ratings for lumbosacral and thoracic strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, acromioclavicular joint separation, right shoulder, and service connection for joint pains.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for joint pains, CFS, allergic rhinitis, eczema, IBS, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability or that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for allergic rhinitis and deviated nasal septum, remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and undiagnosed illness or MUCMI.
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