The veteran's cerebrovascular disease is found to be secondary to his service-connected hypertension. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome and insomnia are denied as they do not meet the criteria for a presumptive service connection due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The veteran's cerebrovascular disease was found to be caused by his service-connected hypertension, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular disease, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021766
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