The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome but granted eligibility for specially adapted housing, and increased the rating for bilateral lower extremity peripheral arterial occlusive disease to 60 percent from August 30, 2024. Service connection was also granted for right knee ganglion cyst and bilateral knee intrasubstance degeneration of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus patellar tendinosis with subcutaneous soft tissue swelling.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of chronic fatigue syndrome, but it supported service connection for conditions related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and granted an increased rating based on worsening symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), right knee ganglion cyst, bilateral knee intrasubstance degeneration of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus patellar tendinosis with subcutaneous soft tissue swelling, Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25008680
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including Parkinson's disease and related disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, have caused loss of use in both hands and need for aid and attendance due to his lower extremity disability, kidney disease, and neurogenic bladder. The Board has granted SMC based on these findings.
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