The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome, and eczema. The Veteran's claims were not granted as the preponderance of evidence did not support his assertions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence was against finding that the Veteran had a hearing loss disability or fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome during the period on appeal, and there was no evidence supporting high cholesterol as due to an undiagnosed illness. The Board also denied increased ratings for irritable bowel syndrome and eczema.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome, eczema (claimed as skin rash)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115847
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