The Board granted service connection for IBS due to undiagnosed illness in the Gulf War, but denied service connection for CFS as there was no evidence of a qualifying chronic disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner and sleep study physician found that the Veteran's symptoms were attributable to known clinical diagnoses (anxiety disorder and REM-specific sleep apnea) rather than an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- IBS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18139529
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What this means for you
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