The veteran's claims for service connection for coughing and shortness of breath, muscle and joint pain other than the spine, and neck and back pain were denied as they have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses and there is no evidence linking them to his service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms could not be linked to a known clinical diagnosis or established by competent medical evidence to be related to his service in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- coughing and shortness of breath, muscle and joint pain other than the spine, neck and back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0902504
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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