The Board denied service connection for a systemic joint and muscle disability, including fibromyalgia and polyarthralgia, claimed as the result of exposure to Persian Gulf War environmental hazards. Service connection was also denied for diabetes mellitus, type 1, claimed as the result of exposure to Persian Gulf War environmental hazards.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability or diagnosed illness that could be attributed to service-connected disabilities and concluded that the Veteran did not have a systemic joint and muscle disability. The examiner also determined that the diabetes was unrelated to service and unrelated to any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- systemic joint and muscle disability, diabetes mellitus, type 1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072643
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