The Board granted service connection for chronic diarrhea, which is considered a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI) and has manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic diarrhea was found to be a MUCMI that had manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more, meeting the presumptive criteria for service connection as a Persian Gulf veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic diarrhea (claimed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS))
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25038875
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