The Board has determined that the Veteran's disabilities, including chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome (claimed as gastrointestinal symptoms), and myalgia, are at least as likely as not related to his active military service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability manifested by chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and myalgia that became manifest during the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (claimed as gastrointestinal symptoms), Myalgia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1805780
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for Gulf War Illness, including sinusitis, rhinitis, chronic fatigue, and body pain due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, right knee, asthma, chronic fatigue, genitourinary, respiratory, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, and sleep apnea disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the claimed conditions were related to service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's malaise and chronic fatigue are symptoms of his service-connected TBI, generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, OSA, radiculopathy of the bilateral upper extremities, and GERD. Therefore, these conditions are not separate disabilities for which service connection can be granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection for anxiety is granted, and the initial disability rating for chronic fatigue from January 6, 2017, remains at 60 percent.
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