Citation Nr: A19002026 Decision Date: 10/17/19 Archive Date: 10/17/19 DOCKET NO. 190501-8385 DATE: October 17, 2019 REMANDED Service connection for fatigue, weakness, fainting, and confusion is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from October 1989 to September 1993. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from an April 2019 rating decision of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). In May 2019, the Veteran filed a notice of disagreement selecting direct review of the evidence considered by the RO. Service connection may be presumed for Persian Gulf veterans who exhibit objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability, which includes an undiagnosed illness. 38 C.F.R. § 3.317. To qualify for the presumption, the Veteran’s service must have been in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, which the regulation defines as Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and airspace between these locations. Id. The Veteran’s DD214 indicates that she received a Southwest Asia Service Medal with a Bronze Star and that she served on the USS Mount Baker. The Southwest Asia Service Medal was awarded to veterans with service in Southwest Asia, but also to those serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan, which are countries that do not fall within the regulatory definition of the Southwest Asia theater of operations for presumptive service-connection purposes. 38 C.F.R. § 3.317. The Board will remand for verification of the dates and locations of the Veteran’s service in order to determine eligibility for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317. Within the Veteran’s military personnel records is a radiation statement summarizing the amount of ionizing radiation to which the Veteran was exposed during her service. Also of record is a list of existing medical diagnoses that could be related to the symptoms for which the Veteran is presently seeking service connection. The matter is REMANDED for the following action: (Continued on the next page)   Attempt to verify the dates and locations of the Veteran’s service in Southwest Asia, obtaining the Veteran’s complete service personnel records if determined to be necessary to reach this determination. K. Parakkal Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board M. Davis, Associate Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential, and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.