The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue as a separate and distinct diagnosis secondary to his already service-connected hepatitis B.
The deciding factor: The May 2022 VA medical opinion indicated that it was less likely than not that the Veteran has a separate and distinct chronic fatigue diagnosis, and the evidence shows that fatigue is a symptom of the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis B.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025266
What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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