The includes the following locations f. Definition: Southwest Asia theater of operations Southwest Asia and the airspace above them Theater of Operations Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Qatar Oman the Gulf of Aden the Gulf of Oman the Persian Gulf the Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea. g. Qualifying under , means a chronic disability resulting Qualifying chronic disability, Chronic from any of the following or any combination of the following Disability Under 38 CFR an undiagnosed illness, or 3.317 an MUCMI. For more information on References: determining chronicity, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.1.o, and rating action to be taken based on specific disability patterns, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.2.h. An is a type of chronic qualifying disability where h. Definition: undiagnosed illness Undiagnosed qualifying signs and/or symptoms cannot be attributed to any known clinical Illness diagnosis by history, physical examination and laboratory tests. For more information on References: signs and symptoms of undiagnosed illness, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.1.n, and the of disability pattern, see M21-1, Part IV, examiner’s determination Subpart ii, 2.D.2.g. An is a type of chronic qualifying disability in which there is a i. Definition: MUCMI MUCMI illness that has diagnosed both an inconclusive pathophysiology, and an inconclusive etiology
f. Definition: Southwest Asia Theater of Operations The Southwest Asia theater of operations includes the following locations and the airspace above them Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Qatar Oman the Gulf of Aden the Gulf of Oman the Persian Gulf the Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea. g. Qualifying Chronic Disability Under 38 CFR 3.317 Qualifying chronic disability, under , means a chronic disability resulting from any of the following or any combination of the following an undiagnosed illness, or an MUCMI. References: For more information on determining chronicity, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.1.o, and rating action to be taken based on specific disability patterns, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.2.h. h. Definition: Undiagnosed Illness An undiagnosed illness is a type of chronic qualifying disability where qualifying signs and/or symptoms cannot be attributed to any known clinical diagnosis by history, physical examination and laboratory tests. References: For more information on signs and symptoms of undiagnosed illness, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.1.n, and the examiner’s determination of disability pattern, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.D.2.g. i. Definition: MUCMI An MUCMI is a type of chronic qualifying disability in which there is a diagnosed illness that has both an inconclusive pathophysiology, and an inconclusive etiology