The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was denied as new and material evidence had not been received.,Service connection for urinary incontinence is denied, with the Board finding that there is no objective indication of a qualifying chronic disability related to Southwest Asia service or due to a service-connected disability.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than January 27, 2014 for the award of service connection for fibromyalgia was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no new and material evidence presented that would raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.,The Veteran's urinary incontinence disability does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to exposure in Southwest Asia, as there are no objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability related to such exposure or due to a service-connected disability.,There is no evidence showing that the fibromyalgia disability was incurred during active duty and thus cannot be presumed. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date also failed because there is no indication of an intent to file a claim prior to January 27, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19165100
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