The Veteran's claim for service connection for various conditions, including CFS, low back condition, left and right knee conditions, balance problems, cognitive problems, neuropathic or neurological condition, insomnia, and irritable bowel syndrome, has been granted. The appeal is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms are presumed to be related to his service in the Gulf War based on the criteria for presumptive service connection for undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), low back condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, balance problems, cognitive problems, neuropathic or neurological condition, to include peripheral neuropathy and/or edema of the lower extremities, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19175408
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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