The Board has granted service connection for generalized joint pain and muscle pains as qualifying chronic disabilities under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows objective indications of undiagnosed illnesses manifested by generalized joint pain and muscle pains, which were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Joint Pain, Muscle Pains
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1011875
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