The appeal is granted as the left ankle disability was improperly severed from service connection, and CFS is granted. Other issues are remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The decision finds no clear and unmistakable error in severing service connection for the left ankle disability and grants restoration of service connection. Service connection for CFS is granted due to evidence showing it began during active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disability, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes), bilateral foot neuropathy, fibromyalgia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, headache disability, respiratory disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral shoulder disability, sleep apnea, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24005858
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