Chronic fatigue syndrome decisions — 2009

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone do not render him unable to obtain or retain employment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection on appeal are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, migraine headaches, respiratory disorder, sinusitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, lumbar disorder, and poor concentration and recall were denied. The Board found no evidence of current disabilities or a relationship to military service.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and peptic ulcer disease, finding that these conditions are presumptively related to the Veteran's active service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for COPD, a skin rash, and chronic fatigue syndrome due to new and material evidence. The claim for service connection for fevers is denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosed fever disability.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service, and denied all claims.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions are remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Board granted increased ratings for PTSD and chondromalacia of the left knee, but denied service connection for chronic fatigue.

The appeal was denied for service connection of PTSD, and the ratings for the psychiatric disability were not increased as requested.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, a spine disorder, dysthymic disorder, residuals of a fractured tailbone, and sacroiliac dysfunction of the right hip as they were not shown to be related to in-service symptoms or events.

The veteran's service-connected chronic fatigue; diffuse muscle, body, and joint pain; nausea; vomiting, cephalgia; hypersensitivity; tender points over the right side of the face and forehead; and weakness and numbness of the right half of the body due to undiagnosed illness is not entitled to a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as there is no evidence that she has CFS as defined by VA regulations.

The case is remanded for further development and adjudicatory action regarding the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome as secondary to service connected hepatitis.

The Board reopens the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, a skin disorder characterized as rashes, abnormal growths, and an excised cyst on the tail bone, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and shrinking testicles. It then addresses these claims on their merits.,Service connection is denied for a right chest lump, residuals of exposure to sarin oil and nerve agents, smoke inhalation, radiation exposure, irritable bowel syndrome, and tinea cruris.

The Board denied service connection for joint pain and bone spurs, hair loss, skin disability, gynecological disability, psychiatric disability (other than PTSD), impaired vision, bilateral knee disability, kidney disability, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there was no evidence of a chronic disability present in service or etiologically related to military service.

The Veteran's chronic fatigue syndrome is rated at 20 percent due to symptoms that nearly constant and restrict routine daily activities by less than 25 percent of the pre-illness level.

The veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was granted, while claims for irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia were denied.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome as the preponderance of evidence showed that the Veteran does not have this condition.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, joint pain, muscle pain, and involuntary muscle spasm as these conditions were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active military service.