The Board has determined that the Veteran did not serve in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War and therefore, service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome cannot be granted on a presumptive basis. The Veteran's insomnia is currently compensated as part of his service-connected psychiatric and sleep disabilities. Arthralgias are due to the Veteran's service-connected back, right shoulder and right lower extremity disabilities and fibromyalgia, which is not related to active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not serve in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War, making it impossible to grant service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome on a presumptive basis under VA regulations. The Board found no evidence supporting the Veteran's claims for insomnia and arthralgias as due to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, arthralgias
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024306
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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