The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue and sensory peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, finding that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The symptoms of chronic fatigue were attributable to other clinically diagnosed illnesses (obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and depression), and they were not shown in service or within one year thereafter. The evidence did not demonstrate a current disability manifested by sensory peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Diabetes Mellitus, Depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0416666
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