The Veteran's service connection claims for muscle and joint pain, sleep disturbance, and IBS have been granted. The claim for muscle and joint pain was denied due to lack of objective indications of a chronic disability. The claim for sleep disturbance was denied as the symptoms did not manifest during active service or to a degree of 10 percent or more. The claim for IBS was granted based on it qualifying as a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's IBS diagnosis first manifested after his service in Southwest Asia theater, and the symptoms qualify under the criteria for a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle and joint pain, sleep disturbance, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128782
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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