The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a disability for which service connection is sought. As such, no service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's complaints of joint and muscle pain are addressed in separate claims or do not meet the criteria for service connection based on undiagnosed illness due to Persian Gulf service.
- Claimed conditions
- neck and shoulder disability, bilateral knee disability, toe disability, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, muscle and joint pains (undiagnosed illness), residuals of a concussion, headaches, diabetes mellitus, fatigue (undiagnosed illness), gastrointestinal disability (undiagnosed illness), bilateral hearing loss disability, sinus disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, anxiety and depression), sleep apnea (secondary to PTSD), heart disability (cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia), shortness of breath (undisputed symptom), hypertension, elevated cholesterol, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (undiagnosed illness)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1750205
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability and increased ratings for her bilateral knee disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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