The Board has granted a 10 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected joint pain disorder and has reopened his claim of service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, finding that it is secondarily related to his service-connected asthma. The effective date remains pending as no specific date was provided.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of medical evidence indicates that the veteran's CFS is secondary to his service-connected asthma disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- aching joints, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0616743
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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.
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and denied higher ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and lumbosacral strain. However, the Board granted initial 20 percent ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, and sciatic nerve.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis and lumbosacral or cervical strain was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the other issues were remanded for further evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, with the exception of remanding certain issues.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as the earliest effective date assignable is August 10, 2022, based on the PACT Act.
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