The Board denied the Veteran's claims for fibromyalgia, right and left knee disabilities, right and left elbow disabilities, right and left wrist disabilities, and benign lipoma of the left thigh status post excision and infected sebaceous cyst of the left axilla due to lack of a current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any evidence of fibromyalgia or other chronic conditions related to service in Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, right knee disability, left knee disability, right elbow disability, left elbow disability, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, benign lipoma of the left thigh status post excision and infected sebaceous cyst of the left axilla
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18133686
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