The Board has granted service connection for IGA nephropathy, finding it a diagnosed multisymptom illness (MUCMI) with an unknown etiology due to the Veteran's Persian Gulf War service. The Board resolved all doubts in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's IGA nephropathy is a diagnosed MUCMI with an unknown etiology, which qualifies for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2)(ii).
- Claimed conditions
- IGA nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001437
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Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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