The Board has granted service connection for fatigue, multiple joint pains, memory loss, and stomach disorder due to an undiagnosed illness incurred during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the veteran's symptoms were attributable to chronic fatigue syndrome, a qualifying chronic disability under VA regulations for service connection on the basis of an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Fatigue"}, {"condition_name":"Multiple joint pains (including of both hips, both shoulders, both hands, both elbows, the left knee, and the left ankle)"}, {"condition_name":"Memory loss"}, {"condition_name":"Stomach disorder"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0624349
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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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