Fibromyalgia decisions — 2024

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, right hand disability, and low back disability have been dismissed. The claim of entitlement to service connection for a right hand disability is denied.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings have been dismissed. The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for cephalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and dyspepsia due to potential Gulf War Syndrome exposure.

The Veteran's service connection claims for fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), eczema and rosacea, and a bilateral eye condition are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran has withdrawn her appeal for fibromyalgia and PTSD, thus the issues are dismissed.

The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for fibromyalgia, to include joint pain. The Board has decided to remand this matter due to a procedural error in obtaining relevant private medical records.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, finding that there is no competent evidence of current diagnoses or a causal relationship to military service.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. The issues of service connection for lumbosacral strain, fibromyalgia, and Charcot foot are inextricably intertwined.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for stroke, diabetes mellitus type II, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and fibromyalgia as secondary to PTSD with mood disorder due to insufficient examination findings and failure to consider obesity as an intermediate step in causation.

The Veteran's claims for leukocytosis, right foot plantar fasciitis, and a right ankle disability are denied. The Veteran's seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, left and right wrist rheumatoid arthritis with osteopenia, left and right knee strain with rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia are granted as related to in-service bacterial food poisoning. Service connection for hair loss is also granted secondary to service-connected rheumatoid arthritis.

The Board has determined that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error and remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a medical professional regarding the nature and etiology of fibromyalgia.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia, considered a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness (MUCMI), is granted as service connected due to its manifestation during his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The Board has determined that the decision denying eligibility for PCAFC is not clear and does not provide adequate reasons or bases. The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD, major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), tension headache, left shoulder labral tear, wrist tendinitis, fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain, knee pain, plantar fasciitis, tinnitus, TMJ capsulitis, dry eye syndrome, allergic rhinitis, scars, and psoriasis are considered. The Board has ordered remand to clarify the reason for denial and provide proper notice.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for rhinitis and fibromyalgia as due to an undiagnosed illness because the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for residuals of mild traumatic brain injury with post-traumatic headaches was denied. The evidence did not show that the condition resulted in Level 2 impairment, which is necessary to warrant a 40 percent rating.,The Veteran's application for TDIU was also denied as his service-connected disabilities alone do not meet the schedular criteria for individual unemployability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia was granted in a previous rating decision. The claims for cardiovascular signs and symptoms, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), left hip disability, and right hip disability are all denied.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of this condition and there is no evidence linking it to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's request for higher-level review was timely submitted, and thus the appeal is considered valid. The VA denied service connection for various conditions in a previous rating decision, but the Board found that the Veteran's submission of his request for higher-level review was timely.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not require the need for regular aid and attendance, as he is capable of performing most activities of daily living with assistance from his informal caretaker.

Service connection for kidney cancer and fibromyalgia, including joint pain due to an undiagnosed illness which progressed to seronegative spondyloarthritis, is granted with effective dates. A higher initial rating for major depressive disorder is denied.