Fibromyalgia Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to inconsistencies in the VRC evaluation and need for a new assessment of his employment feasibility given his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development and need for additional opinions regarding service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic pain, including a review of exposure to depleted uranium.

The Board has granted a higher initial rating of 20 percent for fibromyalgia from June 27, 2014 to January 28, 2020. For the period from January 28, 2020, the maximum schedular disability rating of 40 percent is granted.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are related to his service, specifically as an undiagnosed illness. The VA is instructed to schedule a new examination for the Veteran.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of fibromyalgia is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's hip, back, and neurological disabilities, as well as his acquired psychiatric and insomnia conditions. These issues are being returned for further development.

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.