The Board denied service connection for an autoimmune disease and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or fibromyalgia, finding no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The persuasive evidence of record does not demonstrate that the Veteran's CFS or fibromyalgia was causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Autoimmune disease, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25006461
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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