The Veteran's joint pain is not due to an undiagnosed illness. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran suffers from an undiagnosed or medically unexplainable multi-symptom illness related to his Persian Gulf service.,The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's joint pain and other claimed conditions are not due to an undiagnosed illness, and the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that he has any diagnosed disability related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Unspecified joint pain","claimed_conditions":["Joint pain","Muscle twitching and spasm"]}, {"condition_name":"Fibromyalgia","claimed_conditions":["Generalized joint pain"]}, {"condition_name":"Liver disability","claimed_conditions":[]}, {"condition_name":"Migraine headaches","claimed_conditions":["Headache disorder, claimed as migraine headaches"]}, {"condition_name":"Carpal tunnel syndrome of the left upper extremity","claimed_conditions":["Left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity","claimed_conditions":["Right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Restless leg syndrome of the left lower extremity","claimed_conditions":["Left lower extremity restless leg syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Restless leg syndrome of the right lower extremity","claimed_conditions":["Right lower extremity restless leg syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Irritable bowel syndrome","claimed_conditions":[]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126501
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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