The Board has granted service connection for joint pain (arthralgia) to the right shoulder, left hip, right hip, left knee, and right knee that is due to a diagnosable but medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness of unknown etiology. The Veteran's service in Southwest Asia is presumed to have caused his joint pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates the Veteran has a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness without conclusive pathophysiology or etiology and that is characterized by overlapping symptoms and signs of disability that are out of proportion to the physical findings, due to his service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Hip Disability, Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18112070
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