Service connection for muscle pain and irritable bowel syndrome is granted. Service connection for memory loss and right groin muscle pain is remanded.,The Veteran's service records show he served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War, qualifying him for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted based on objective indications of chronic disability and qualifying chronic disability as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multisymptom illness.,The Veteran's service records show he served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War, qualifying him for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Muscle Pain","claimed_conditions":["muscle cramps","muscle pain"]}, {"condition_name":"Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)","claimed_conditions":["irritable bowel syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Memory Loss","claimed_conditions":["memory loss"]}, {"condition_name":"Right Groin Muscle Pain","claimed_conditions":["pulled right groin muscle","right groin pain"]}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19144101
What this means for you
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