The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as there was no competent evidence relating CFS to his military service, and the most persuasive medical opinion weighed against the claim.
The deciding factor: The deciding factor was that the most persuasive medical opinion opined that the Veteran's CFS was less likely than not related to his service due to a lack of evidence of an EPV infection during service and the nature of the symptoms reported at the time being consistent with known conditions like pyelonephritis, lung infection, and acute sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0907066
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