The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a qualifying chronic disability, to include an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain or fatigue, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not support finding that the Veteran has had a qualifying chronic disability, to include an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain or fatigue at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain, undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2026
- Citation
- 26000988
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service due to environmental exposures.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue and fibromyalgia. The appeal for a compensable evaluation for migraine headaches is remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left hip disability, fatigue, diarrhea, and joint pain. The decision found no left hip disability during the pendency of the claim, and the criteria for an increased rating were not met for the undiagnosed illnesses.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue has not resulted in periods of incapacitation or symptoms requiring continuous medications for control.,The Veteran's service-connected undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches does not result in characteristic prostrating attacks.
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