The Veteran's chronic fatigue and muscle pain are granted service connection as they are considered a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness. Her hysterectomy residuals are also granted service connection, with the ventral hernia being secondary to her hysterectomy.
The deciding factor: VA examiners found that the Veteran's chronic fatigue and muscle pain were more likely than not representative of a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness of an unknown etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue, Muscle Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21069476
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