Service connection for fatigue, including chronic fatigue syndrome, is denied.,An initial rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches is denied.,An effective date earlier than April 5, 2016, for the award of service connection for migraine headaches is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a separate disability manifested by fatigue and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.,There is no reasonable doubt to be resolved in favor of the Veteran, and service connection cannot be granted on a secondary basis or otherwise.,The effective date for an award of disability compensation based on direct service connection is fixed in accordance with the facts found. In this case, VA received the Veteran’s claim for service connection for migraine headaches on April 5, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Fatigue","claimed_conditions":["Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"]}, {"condition_name":"Migraine Headaches"}, {"condition_name":"Sleep Disorder","claimed_conditions":["Insomnia","Obstructive Sleep Apnea"]}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192130
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