The Veteran's claim for service connection for CFS was granted, with a rating of 10 percent. The other conditions were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided evidence showing he had symptoms consistent with CFS and required continuous medication to treat them.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis all over the body, bilateral dry eye syndrome, joint pain all over the body, lethargy, right hip replacement, numbness of the bilateral hands, dry mouth, bone spurs throughout the body, irregular heartbeat, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20029363
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues related to sleep wake disorder, CFS, and service-connected back scars.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeals for the service connection of multiple conditions, including low back disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, migraines, right hand and shoulder disabilities, right wrist disability, asthma (claimed as Gulf War Syndrome), chronic fatigue syndrome, dysmenorrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and sleep disability. As a result, these claims are dismissed.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were denied due to the late filing of the appeal requests, and thus the appeals are dismissed.
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