Chronic fatigue is one of the most common — and most dismissed — symptoms we see in veterans.

It’s often labeled as “just stress,” “just aging,” or “just poor sleep.” But in reality, persistent fatigue can be a sign of deeper medical issues tied to toxic exposure, mental health conditions, endocrine dysfunction, autoimmune disease, sleep disorders, or service-related environmental hazards.

In this episode, we break down:

• What chronic fatigue actually is (and what it’s not)
 • Why veterans experience it at disproportionately high rates
 • The medical conditions most commonly associated with it
 • How fatigue becomes functionally impairing
 • Where medical evidence matters in a VA disability claim

This is not about being tired.
 This is about systemic, persistent, life-altering exhaustion.