The Veteran's diagnosed lumbodorsal back disability, including shoulder and hip pain, is considered service-connected due to an undiagnosed illness associated with Gulf War service.,Ankle joint pain is also considered service-connected as an undiagnosed illness related to Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's diagnosed lumbodorsal back disability, including shoulder and hip pain, was attributable to his service in the Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbodorsal back disability including degenerative disc disease, status post herniated nucleus pulposus with microdiscectomy and disc excision at L4, L5, low and mid back pain, Ankle joint pain (undiagnosed illness), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), fatigue, and sleep loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2011
- Citation
- 1130556
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