The Board has granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome. The Veteran's request to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for mononucleosis is remanded, as well as the claims for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), hip pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, and neck pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service mononucleosis infection and his current chronic fatigue syndrome. The Board found that the doubt resulting from this equipoise in the evidence is resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22003404
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