The veteran's symptoms of fatigue, loss of energy, joint discomfort (neck, low back, right shoulder), memory loss, headaches, anxiety, fevers, skin rash, boils, and disability secondary to reaction to chemicals are not considered service-connected due to lack of evidence supporting their causation by an undiagnosed illness. Service connection is granted for neck, back, and right shoulder discomfort as manifestations of an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms have been attributed to known diagnoses or other causes (PTSD, musculoskeletal conditions), and there is no evidence supporting their causation by an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Fatigue and loss of energy, Joint discomfort (neck, low back, right shoulder), Memory loss, headaches, anxiety, Fevers, skin rash, boils, disability secondary to reaction to chemicals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0535213
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