The Board has determined that chronic fatigue syndrome is presumed to have been incurred during the veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operation during the Persian Gulf War, and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Chronic fatigue syndrome became manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more prior to December 31, 2006, under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1117, which allows for presumptive service connection in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0311362
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