Fibromyalgia decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to incomplete records and insufficient evidence. The Veteran is required to provide private medical records, including from Drs. Jeffery Landis, Manish Rai, Nisha Das, and Nasseri Clinic. TERA examinations are needed for sleep apnea, chronic fatigue, skin rash with blisters, and joint pain.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia, CFS, and hypothyroidism are granted service connection as they are related to his Gulf War service.

The Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia and dysthymia render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment, with the exception of his current part-time substitute teaching job. The Board has granted a schedular TDIU effective August 29, 2019.

The Veteran's claims for obstructive sleep apnea, sinusitis, respiratory disability, restless leg syndrome, right wrist and knee disabilities, cardiac disability, lumbar spine disability, fibromyalgia, hand tremors, headache, fatigue, and bilateral hearing loss have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for these conditions due to lack of current diagnoses or causal links.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted. The issues of service connection for lumbar spine disorder, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, hypertension, heart disease (including high cholesterol), gastroesophageal disorder, headache disorder, and respiratory disorder have been remanded.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia have also been granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome due to service in Southwest Asia. The Veteran's symptoms have been characterized as an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI).

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep disorder, fatigue, headaches, and body aches (to include fibromyalgia) prior to November 19, 2020 are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.,The Board has determined that further evaluation is necessary to clarify the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Veteran's OSA was granted service connection as it had its onset during his active duty.,Service connection for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia were denied due to lack of confirmed diagnoses.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a headache disability, and sleep apnea secondary to a service-connected psychiatric disability. The remaining issues have been remanded.

The appeal is granted as the left ankle disability was improperly severed from service connection, and CFS is granted. Other issues are remanded for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome is dismissed. Service connection for fibromyalgia and psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with PTSD) are granted based on the presumption of service connection due to Gulf War exposure.

The Board has remanded the claims for osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia due to conflicting medical evidence. The Veteran's service connection claims for Lyme disease and Guillain-Barre syndrome remain denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete development and lack of medical opinions. The appeals are pending until further action is taken.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including fibromyalgia, polyarthritis, and chronic Hepatitis C, rendered her unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from April 23, 2008 to October 22, 2012. The Board granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis for this period.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia, finding that it is not causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service and is not caused or aggravated by her service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia with headaches is currently rated at 40 percent, and the Board has remanded the case to allow for a higher evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran has Gulf War illness and if it is related to his service in the Persian Gulf. The Veteran was presumed exposed to burn pits during his service.

The Board has denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and remanded the cases of fibromyalgia and obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical evidence on file and the need for VA examinations. The issues include spine condition, bilateral eye condition, skin condition, arthritis, fibromyalgia, colon condition, and respiratory condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support a finding of current left ear hearing loss or a causal relationship between right ear hearing loss and in-service noise exposure.