The Veteran's generalized body aches with tender points, bilateral pes planus disability, and degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine are all granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions are due to undiagnosed illness during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized body aches with tender points involving the second ribs, trapezius muscles, lateral epicondyles, and gluteales, Bilateral pes planus disability, Degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21069778
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