The Veteran's claims for service connection for pain in neck, bilateral elbows and shoulders, chest cavity pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and headaches have been reopened. The Board has decided to remand these issues due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA needs further information regarding whether the Veteran's symptoms are manifestations of a diagnosed illness or a chronic multisymptom illness with an unexplained cause related to service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- pain in neck, pain in bilateral elbows, pain in bilateral shoulders, chest cavity pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18146933
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