Fibromyalgia decisions — 2001

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia, to include myofascial pain syndrome and depression, as well as her claim for restoration of a 10 percent evaluation for tinea pedis. The evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for idiopathic scoliosis and granted a 10 percent rating for chronic low back strain with degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine and fibromyalgia, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated during active duty for training.

The Board has denied all service connection claims for the appellant's claimed conditions, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease that would support a grant of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for depression and for increased ratings for lymphedema. The case was remanded to obtain additional medical records, conduct VA examinations, and consider whether staged ratings are appropriate.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of well-groundedness, and also denied her service connection claim.

The Board found that the veteran's fibromyalgia is not proximately due to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a kidney mass, respiratory disorder, left clavicle/sternum disability, sleep disorder, diabetes mellitus, and bone condition/fibromyalgia. The appeals were based on direct evidence of these conditions rather than exposure to herbicides or other presumptive factors.

The Board has determined that the veteran's fibromyalgia was not incurred during service and is not otherwise related to his military service. The evidence does not support a finding of chronic disease or continuity of symptomatology.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine and fibromyalgia, both currently evaluated at 20 percent.

The veteran's combined non-service-connected disability rating is 60%, which meets the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes, as she is unable to engage in substantially gainful employment due to her lupus-related conditions.

The Board denied service connection for anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia nervosa, finding no evidence of these conditions during or after service. Service connection was also denied for fibromyalgia due to lack of a current disability attributable to service.

The veteran's PTSD is not service connected as it does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis.,His skin, pain, and stomach symptoms are due to known diagnoses.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder and a 10 percent rating for his fibromyalgia, effective July 16, 2001.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a right hip disorder, but denied an increased evaluation for the lumbar spine and denied TDIU. The veteran's fibromyalgia claim remains pending.

The veteran is seeking service connection for fibromyalgia, which he claims is secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain. He also seeks an increased evaluation for his lumbosacral strain and TDIU benefits.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder but granted a 60% rating for rheumatoid arthritis, sacroiliac joints and temporomandibular joint with ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis and fibromyalgia.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of rubella, fibromyalgia, discoid lupus, and spondylosis of the cervical and lumbar spine as secondary to rubella due to a lack of medical evidence supporting these claims.

PTSD and fibromyalgia were granted with evaluations, with PTSD receiving a 50% rating from April 26, 1994, and fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue syndrome receiving a 40% evaluation from October 10, 1995.,The veteran's TDIU claim was also granted effective from October 10, 1995.

The veteran's fibromyalgia was incurred during service and the Board granted service connection for this condition.