The Board finds that the veteran's undiagnosed illnesses manifested by chronic fatigue and pain in the lower extremities are presumed to have been incurred in service due to his Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence attributes the veteran's symptoms to an undiagnosed illness, which is presumed to have occurred during his Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness manifested by chronic fatigue, undiagnosed illness manifested by pain in the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0202172
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by chronic fatigue, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran has a qualifying chronic disability for presumptive service connection due to his status as a Persian Gulf War veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fatigue as an undiagnosed illness related to Gulf War service, finding that the Veteran's current fatigue is due to her mental health conditions and poor sleep. The claim was reopened on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fatigue, finding no evidence of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multisymptom illness during service. The Veteran is already service connected for other conditions and the claim was not based on presumptive exposure to Gulf War syndrome.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus, sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction are all granted as secondary to his service-connected conditions.,Service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by chronic fatigue is denied due to lack of qualifying chronic disability.
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