The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower back condition, sciatica, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there was no evidence of a current disability or link to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations found no current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and did not establish a nexus between any diagnosed disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back condition, sciatica, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20075981
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