The Board has granted service connection for fatigue due to undiagnosed illness and denied all other claims. The veteran's other conditions are not considered service-connected as they do not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection under the VCAA.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of chronicity or intermitting episodes of improvement and worsening, which would be required to establish a qualifying undiagnosed illness under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary problems, skin disease, fatigue, depressive disorder and insomnia, dizziness, muscle contraction headaches, memory loss, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, and sinus problems, joint pains, fever
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0503191
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
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