Chronic fatigue syndrome decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, CFS, and a lumbar spine disability have been reopened. Service connection is granted for headaches.,Service connection for CFS and the lumbar spine disability are remanded due to unresolved issues.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The remaining claims for psychiatric, back, sciatica, headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, and hypertension are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for hearing loss, depression, headache disability, sleep apnea, and CFS have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The claims are now remanded for further development.,Service connection for CFS has not been established as there is no current diagnosis of CFS.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches as secondary to service-connected allergic sinusitis. The issues of whether the character of discharge and service connection for psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, arthritis of the cervical spine, and arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an undiagnosed illness, manifesting by chronic fatigue, is denied as his symptoms are not attributable to a presumptive condition due to military service. His TDIU claim is also denied as he has sufficient service-connected disabilities rated at least 40% combined with the ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates and service connection claims have been remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations and addendum opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and posttraumatic stress disorder), narcolepsy, sleep apnea, insomnia, and chronic fatigue due to additional development. The AOJ must document all participation in TERAs during the Veteran's service in VA's exposure tracking system and associate this record with the Veteran's electronic claims file.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient examinations and opinions of record, as well as updated treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, digestive condition including IBS, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and fallen arches/foot problems has been reopened. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the nature of these conditions and their relationship to military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome is granted with an effective date of February 19, 2006. The rating reduction for Hodgkin's lymphoma from 40 percent to noncompensable is upheld. An earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, PLMD, and chronic fatigue syndrome, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise to support these conditions are related to toxic exposures during service. The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to its inextricability with the disability rating issue.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for Lyme disease and remanded all associated issues due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between his current disabilities and service.

The Veteran's chronic fatigue syndrome is granted service connection. The inguinal hernia claim, including as due to an undiagnosed illness, is remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic fatigue syndrome is granted as her diagnosis meets the criteria of a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI).

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a psychiatric disability, headaches, a cervical spine disability, and a right foot disability due to additional development being necessary.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as secondary to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for generalized arthritis disorder, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome are denied due to lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, a higher rating for hypothyroidism with gastrointestinal (GI) impairment and weakness, and an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 30 percent rating for her GI impairment. The cases are being remanded to obtain additional examinations and opinions.

The Veteran's chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, and allergies are granted service connection. The Board finds the evidence is at least in approximate balance for his left hip condition and numbness of the left thigh as related to service.

The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as back, right hip, chronic fatigue syndrome, and headache disorders. The issues are remanded due to need for additional examinations and development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorder, and headaches due to inadequate examinations and failure to consider toxic exposure during service.