The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now considered on the merits.,Service connection is granted for chronic fatigue syndrome, multi-joint pain (including muscle pain), gastrointestinal disorder, and prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the July 2013 rating decision includes lay testimony from the Veteran regarding his symptoms and their relation to service. This new evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multi-joint Pain (including Muscle Pain), Gastrointestinal Disorder, Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22039596
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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
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