Service connection is denied for chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints, including right hip.,Service connection is denied for chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints, including left hip.,Service connection is denied for sleep disorder other than sleep apnea.,Service connection is granted for tension headaches.,Service connection is denied for Raynaud’s disease.
The deciding factor: There is no current right hip disorder; chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints including right hip are not a manifestation of undiagnosed illness or chronic multisymptom unexplained illness related to Gulf War service.,There is no current left hip disorder; chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints including left hip are not a manifestation of undiagnosed illness or chronic multisymptom unexplained illness related to Gulf War service.,The Veteran does not have a sleep disorder other than sleep apnea. Sleep apnea was not manifest in service.,Tension headaches were incurred during wartime service.,There is no current disorder manifested by fatigue, with shortness of breath with exertion and short-term memory problems, and these are not a manifestation of undiagnosed illness or chronic multisymptom unexplained illness related to Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints (including right hip), chronic aches and pains of muscles and joints (including left hip), sleep disorder other than sleep apnea, tension headaches, Raynaud’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19149722
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