The veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue disorder is granted. The decision is based on the veteran's service in Iraq and the symptoms reported.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's chronic fatigue symptoms are related to his service, warranting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002019
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 195 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a cardiovascular disability and a lumbosacral spine disability on an accrued benefits basis, but denied service connection for a chronic fatigue disorder and a right ankle disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic diarrhea, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claims for a chronic fatigue disorder and a chronic pain disorder were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic fatigue disorder and various increased rating claims, and remanded several service connection issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of CUE in a September 1997 rating decision for further adjudication.
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