The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea and fatigue. The issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus, hiccups and muscular twitching of the eyes, and multiple joint pain affecting the hands, wrists, fingers, knees, and ankles (including bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome) are remanded.
The deciding factor: The January 2012 VA examination did not provide sufficient rationale or findings to determine whether the Veteran's symptoms represented an objective indication of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness related to his Persian Gulf War service or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, fatigue, diabetes mellitus, hiccups and muscular twitching of the eyes, multiple joint pain affecting the hands, wrists, fingers, knees, and ankles (including bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1226659
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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