Service connection is granted for IBS due to a qualifying chronic disability. Service connection is remanded for CFS and initial rating for anxiety disorder and depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: IBS meets the criteria for presumptive service connection as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 U.S.C. § 1117 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
- Claimed conditions
- IBS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Anxiety Disorder and Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18142655
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What this means for you
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