The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin condition, headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.,The Veteran’s claims for service connection for headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, and peripheral neuropathy are remanded as there is insufficient medical opinion regarding their etiology.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence does not establish a nexus between the claimed skin condition, headaches, and chronic fatigue syndrome with active service.,The VA examiner's opinions were deemed inadequate due to lack of consideration of relevant medical history and current symptoms.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Skin Condition (claimed as facial hair loss)","diagnosis":"Alopecia areata","etiology":"Not related to active service"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","diagnosis":"Tension headaches","etiology":"Less likely caused by in-service head injury, not due to exposure event during Southwest Asia service"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (claimed as chronic severe fatigue)","diagnosis":null,"etiology":"More likely related to obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and mood disorder rather than chronic fatigue syndrome","secondary_to_service_connection_condition":true}, {"condition_name":"Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Upper Extremities","diagnosis":null,"etiology":null}, {"condition_name":"Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities","diagnosis":null,"etiology":null}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 23, 2020

Citation

20068793