The Board finds that the Veteran's foot problems and constellation of symptoms are due to an undiagnosed illness, and service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinions link the Veteran's complaints to Gulf War syndrome, a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- foot problems, undiagnosed illness manifested by constellation of symptoms including multiple arthralgias, myalgias, alleged muscle spasms, and bowel irregularities suggestive of irritable bowel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1017637
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