The Veteran is granted service connection for various musculoskeletal and neurological conditions, including neck pain, low back pain, shoulder pain, wrist pain, hip pain, arm and hand pain, knee pain, foot pain, headaches, and skin symptoms. These conditions are presumed to be related to his military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's complaints of muscle and joint pain, as well as neurological symptoms, have been found to be consistent with a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI) that is presumed to be related to his service in the Persian Gulf War.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"neck disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the neck"]}, {"condition_name":"low back disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the low back"]}, {"condition_name":"left shoulder disorder","claimed_conditions":["pain and neurological symptoms of the left arm and hand"]}, {"condition_name":"right shoulder disorder","claimed_conditions":["pain and neurological symptoms of the left arm and hand"]}, {"condition_name":"left wrist disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the left wrist"]}, {"condition_name":"left hip disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the left hip"]}, {"condition_name":"right hip disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the right hip"]}, {"condition_name":"disorder of the left arm and hand","claimed_conditions":["pain and neurological symptoms of the left arm and hand"]}, {"condition_name":"left knee disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the left knee"]}, {"condition_name":"left foot disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the left foot"]}, {"condition_name":"right foot disorder","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the right foot"]}, {"condition_name":"muscle pain (fibromyalgia)","claimed_conditions":["muscle and/or joint pain of the neck, low back, bilateral shoulders, left wrist, bilateral hips, left knee, and bilateral feet; neurological symptoms of the left arm and hand"]}, {"condition_name":"headaches","claimed_conditions":["headaches"]}, {"condition_name":"skin disorder (xerosis)","claimed_conditions":["symptoms involving the skin"]}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

August 15, 2019

Citation

19163290

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