The veteran's complaints of extreme fatigue and sore joints have not been linked to his service or any service-connected condition. The Board denied the claim for service connection due to lack of evidence establishing a relationship between these symptoms and active duty.
The deciding factor: Medical records do not show an etiological link between the veteran's undiagnosed illness and his Gulf War service, nor does there appear to be any chronicity of symptoms related to fatigue or joint pain during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Mycoplasma infection (claimed as shortness of breath), Undiagnosed illness manifested by complaints of extreme fatigue and sore joints
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0408040
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What this means for you
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