The Veteran's chronic fatigue is granted as an undiagnosed Gulf War illness, and her coagulopathy is granted as secondary to service-connected endometriosis and uterine fibroids.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence at least in equipoise that the Veteran's coagulopathy was caused by her service-connected conditions (endometriosis and uterine fibroids), warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed Gulf War illness (manifested by chronic fatigue), coagulopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19132877
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