The veteran's service-connected chronic fatigue; diffuse muscle, body, and joint pain; nausea; vomiting, cephalgia; hypersensitivity; tender points over the right side of the face and forehead; and weakness and numbness of the right half of the body due to undiagnosed illness is not entitled to a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms are episodic, often precipitated by environmental or emotional stress or overexertion, but present more than one-third of the time and are refractory to therapy. However, they do not meet the criteria for a higher rating as they are not constant or nearly constant.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, diffuse muscle, body, and joint pain, nausea, vomiting, cephalgia, hypersensitivity, tender points over the right side of the face and forehead, weakness and numbness of the right half of the body
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0910253
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