The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claim for a chronic disability manifested by hair loss and nerve pain is granted, as her symptoms are related to her active duty in the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows continuity of symptomatology since service and establishes a nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue, Hair Loss, Nerve Pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0104086
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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The Board has determined that the Veteran's malaise and chronic fatigue are symptoms of his service-connected TBI, generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, OSA, radiculopathy of the bilateral upper extremities, and GERD. Therefore, these conditions are not separate disabilities for which service connection can be granted.
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