The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue, finding that his symptoms are attributable to nonservice-connected disorders and obesity is not a disability for which service connection can be granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran does not meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome and his symptoms of chronic fatigue or tiredness are attributed to known diagnoses such as morbid obesity, untreated obstructive sleep apnea, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, and low Vitamin D levels.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue, loss of strength
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105809
What this means for you
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