The Veteran's night sweats are presumed to be related to his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, and he is granted service connection for this condition.,While the Veteran has reported bilateral shoulder pain, there is no evidence that it is due to an undiagnosed illness or otherwise related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's night sweats may be presumed to be related to his period of service in the Persian Gulf War based on credible scientific and medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Night sweats, Bilateral shoulder pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1205768
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