The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, and gastrointestinal disorder as secondary to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service or his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019707
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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