Fibromyalgia Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic muscle pain, including entitlement to compensation under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. � 3.317, was granted by the Board after a remand and additional development.

The Board found that the Appellant did not become disabled due to a disability claimed as Lyme disease during his military service or from an injury incurred in the line of duty.

The Board has granted service connection for cervical and lumbar strain and sacroiliitis, as well as fibromyalgia. The decision is based on the Veteran's assertions of continuity of symptoms since her in-service motor vehicle accident (MVA).

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and fibromyalgia have rendered her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from July 12, 2007 through September 7, 2014.,PTSD is secondary to military sexual trauma.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective July 28, 2016. The RO granted a higher rating for PTSD from that date.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia is currently rated as 20 percent disabling, and his chronic diarrhea warrants a non-compensable rating.,Both conditions are not service-connected via a presumption or reopened on new evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inextricably intertwined claim of service connection for fibromyalgia. The cause of death claim will be readjudicated after resolving this issue.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions have prevented him from maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's service-connected right foot calluses and plantar wart disability is rated at 10 percent, effective September 26, 2011. The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome with GERD has been rated at 30 percent since October 18, 2012.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia was not constant or nearly so, and his therapy had not been effective to treat the condition. Therefore, an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent prior to July 1, 2008, and in excess of 40 percent thereafter is denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and a low back disability, finding that there is no evidence of such conditions during service or related to service-connected disabilities. The effective date for the grant of service connection for left lower extremity nerve entrapment, residuals of frostbite of left foot, remains December 8, 2006.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU was denied because she did not attend a VA examination scheduled in accordance with her increased rating claim without good cause.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes, toe disability, psychiatric disorder, left lower extremity sciatic condition, right lower extremity sciatic condition, and fibromyalgia.

The Board has granted service connection for fibromyalgia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are due to a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness and have been present since his military service. Service connection is also granted for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraine headaches are not related to service or her service-connected sinusitis and/or allergic rhinitis disabilities, and thus denied her claim for service connection. The issue of increased rating for fibromyalgia with irritable bowel syndrome remains pending.

The Veteran seeks service connection for fibromyalgia. The RO last denied service connection in May 2010, and the case is now remanded due to a need for additional examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as his conditions are not related to his military service.,Service connection was not granted for obstructive sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a bilateral eye disability, residuals of a head injury, hypertension, gastrointestinal disorder, PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, memory loss, insomnia, or a sleep disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection is granted for tinea versicolor, periodontal disease, and some other conditions. The decision also acknowledges the Veteran's claims for hypertension as a qualifying chronic disability under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia is currently rated at 40 percent, the maximum schedular rating available. The Board finds that her symptoms are constant and nearly constant, with widespread pain affecting both sides of her body above and below the waist.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain with degenerative changes are service-connected, and the claim for a higher rating is granted.