The veteran's symptoms of fatigue, malaise, headaches and nausea, poor sleep, impaired concentration, tender lymph nodes, joint pain, and muscle pain are presumed to have been incurred during active military service due to chronic fatigue syndrome.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms collectively diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome are presumed to be related to his service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue; malaise, headaches and nausea, poor, unrefreshing sleep, impaired concentration, attention and memory, tender lymph nodes, diffuse joint pain, muscle pain, neck pain, erectile dysfunction, high blood pressure, skin rash, itching feet
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0813053
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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