Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 0614427
The deciding factor: New medical evidence did not show that the conditions began during service or provide information necessary to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Fatigue, Muscle and joint pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614427
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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