Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and granted a 40 percent rating for left upper extremity radiculopathy prior to September 1, 2024. Other claims were denied or remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic fatigue syndrome was granted under the presumptive provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1117 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 due to his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, left hand tremor, right hand tremor, cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, respiratory insufficiencies dyspnea
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094086
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