The Veteran's CFS, respiratory disability, heart disability, intestinal disability, bilateral shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety), headaches, arthritis of all joints, and fibromyalgia were not related to service.,Service connection for hypertension was granted but the rating assigned is noncompensable (zero percent).,The Veteran's lumbar spine strain with degenerative disc disease currently manifests as pain and minimal limitation of motion.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were related to service.,Service connection was denied for all claims due to lack of evidence linking the disabilities to service.,The Veteran's lumbar spine strain with degenerative disc disease currently manifests as pain and minimal limitation of motion, warranting a noncompensable (zero percent) disability evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), respiratory disability, heart disability, intestinal disability, bilateral shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, headaches, arthritis of all joints, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1005516
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