Fibromyalgia decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a temporomandibular joint condition, and tension headaches due to an incomplete record and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches but denied service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, due to an undiagnosed illness, and remanded the claims for service connection for a back condition and fibromyalgia.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for fibromyalgia, finding that March 29, 2022, is the appropriate date.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a disability characterized by joint pain, to include fibromyalgia, as further development is needed.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 60 percent for scleroderma, an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for fibromyalgia, but granted a 30 percent rating for GERD.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, asthma, cervical strain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and vision/floaters as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or nexus to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating for major depression and granted an effective date of December 7, 2009, for service connection of fibromyalgia.

The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and remanded the claim for opiate-induced constipation and diverticulosis, claimed as IBS.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's left shoulder rotator cuff tear, fibromyalgia, and an eyesight condition due to a lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for post-exertional malaise (PEM) and orthostatic-related symptoms, but denied earlier effective dates for PTSD, left ear hearing loss, a rating in excess of 40 percent for fibromyalgia/PEM, dismissed a disability rating in excess of 100 percent for PTSD, and denied a compensable disability rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for fibromyalgia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms have been constant or nearly so and refractory to therapy during the entire period on appeal.

The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for fibromyalgia but denied service connection for bilateral neuropathy of the upper extremities.

The Board denied service connection for cervical radiculitis, degenerative disc disease with broad-based bulging disc at L4-5 with spinal stenosis, and medial epicondylitis of the left and right sides. The claim seeking entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches was dismissed. The claims for chronic dry eyes, plantar fasciitis, and fibromyalgia were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia and remanded several other claims related to various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypogonadism, obstructive sleep apnea, a cardiovascular disability, a kidney disability, and an immune system disability.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, to include sinus and migraine headaches, as they are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected rhinosinusitis. The issues of service connection for fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, muscle and joint pain (to include fibromyalgia), anemia, and a bone disorder (to include blunting osteolysis) due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or a link to service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date and a higher rating for irritable bowel syndrome, remanded claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and referred the claim of entitlement to service connection for an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness due to service in Southwest Asia.

The Board denied service connection for a systemic pain disability, to include fibromyalgia and remanded the issue of service connection for a stomach disorder, to include gastritis.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and denied the claims for service connection for sinusitis, an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency, and evaluations in excess of 10 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The issues related to non-allergic rhinitis, PTSD, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, bilateral pes planus, and fibromyalgia were remanded.