Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for joint pain in the hands, knees, right shoulder, and left elbow based on presumptive service connection due to the Veteran's Southwest Asia service.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the disabilities were a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI) related to the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pain in both hips, joint pain in both hands, joint pain in the left elbow, joint pain in the right shoulder, joint pain in both knees
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004087
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