Fibromyalgia decisions — 2020

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been dismissed.,The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right lower extremity numbness, left upper and lower extremity numbness, poly joint pain in all major joints, irritable bowel syndrome, obstructive airway disease, and fibromyalgia, due to exposures during service in the Persian Gulf War.

The Veteran's PTSD alone did not prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to July 15, 2013.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims due to new evidence and outstanding records. The claims for right ankle, left ankle, right knee, left knee, lumbar spine, weakness and lack of coordination of legs, radiculopathy of lower extremity, PTSD with dissociative symptoms and derealization, allergic rhinitis, headache disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, respiratory disability, cervical spine disability, tremors of hands, and costochondritis are being remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, and seizure disorder as not related to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.,There is no evidence of a chronic condition during service or post-service that would support a finding of service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia, finding that there is no current diagnosis of the condition and thus not meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims for fibromyalgia, tinnitus, and right orchiectomy with residuals due to incomplete medical opinions. The Veteran needs a new VA examination to determine the etiology of his joint and muscle pains, bilateral tinnitus, and residuals of right orchiectomy.

The Board has remanded the appeals for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), fibromyalgia (neck, back, buttocks pain), and herpes. The Veteran is entitled to a VA addendum opinion on each issue.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD, a rating in excess of 20 percent prior to September 10, 2019, for fibromyalgia, and total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to incomplete development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for reopening of previous final denials of service connection for various conditions, including endometriosis, hysterectomy, elbow and hip conditions, lupus, skin condition, wrist conditions, hair loss, joint pain, shoulder condition, neurological disorder, vision condition, upper respiratory condition, memory loss, and fatigue. The Board also remanded the issue of an earlier effective date for service connection for diarrhea.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, low back disability, left leg stress fracture, right leg stress fracture, left foot stress fracture, and right foot stress fracture. The reasons given were that there was no current evidence of these conditions.,The Board also denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as remanded by the July 2018 decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia, including as due to Ludwig angina in service, is being remanded. The Board found the September 2004 rating decision denying service connection final and reopened the claim based on new evidence received since then.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's chronic pain.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for IBS, fibromyalgia, brain lesion, right side, interictal epileptiform electrical discharges, and an undiagnosed illness due to missing medical treatment records and inadequate 2017 VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia and left knee disability result in loss of use of both lower extremities, qualifying for specially adapted housing. The appeal seeking a special home adaption grant is dismissed as the Veteran was found eligible for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing.

The Board has denied service connection for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his service-connected fibromyalgia. The left shoulder disability and erectile dysfunction secondary to service-connected disabilities have been remanded for further examination and medical opinions.

The Veteran's lumbar strain disability is being remanded for further examination and rating. Other service connection claims are also being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Veteran is granted service connection for fibromyalgia and a frontal headache disorder, but denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability and fibromyalgia, as well as her increased rating claims for bilateral hip disabilities. The Board found that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease resulting in these conditions, nor any evidence linking them to a service-connected condition.

The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection, including for fibromyalgia, MDD, diabetes mellitus and its related peripheral neuropathies, GERD, OSA, and a foot disorder. The claims are not currently resolved.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of left foot disability, fibromyalgia, and lumbar spine disability have been denied. Her bilateral hip disabilities (based on limitation of extension) are currently rated at 10 percent.