The Veteran's recurrent elbow, wrist, and hand pain is considered to be due to an undiagnosed illness during his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War era and has reported recurrent elbow, wrist, and hand pain that cannot be attributed to a known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Disability, Left Elbow Disability, Right Wrist Disability, Left Wrist Disability, Right Hand Disability, Left Hand Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1631428
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