The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for headaches and remanded the issues of increased rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy and service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome. The Veteran's headaches are being examined to determine if they were aggravated by service, while his chronic fatigue symptoms are attributed to fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence was submitted sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for headaches but denied the claims for increased rating and service connection due to lack of a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome separate from fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18141034
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeals for restoration of ratings and for a higher disability rating were dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision did not make final decisions on these issues.
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