The Veteran's claim for service connection for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is denied as his fatigue is due to a diagnosed and service-connected condition (fibromyalgia).,Service connection is granted for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, with the diagnosis being attributed to Gulf War undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic fatigue was found to be attributable to fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19154545
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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