The Board remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection of chronic fatigue syndrome with myalgia because the VA did not obtain all necessary records.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA has not substantially complied with its remand directives to obtain all relevant medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome with myalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001372
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 899 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Veteran's Crohn’s disease is rated at 30 percent since May 23, 2005. The rating for degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine remains at 10 percent prior to October 5, 2017 and at 20 percent thereafter. Chronic fatigue syndrome with myalgia is rated as noncompensable. Head injury with headaches is rated as 10 percent disabling. Memory loss is rated as 10 percent disabling.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal regarding service connection and eligibility for treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1702, leaving no issues for the Board to review.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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