The Board has granted service connection for muscle aches as due to an undiagnosed illness, but denied the claim for psychiatric disorder as due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's muscle aches were attributed to an undiagnosed illness during service in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle aches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1038914
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What this means for you
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