Fibromyalgia Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia nervosa, finding no evidence of these conditions during or after service. Service connection was also denied for fibromyalgia due to lack of a current disability attributable to service.

The veteran's PTSD is not service connected as it does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis.,His skin, pain, and stomach symptoms are due to known diagnoses.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder and a 10 percent rating for his fibromyalgia, effective July 16, 2001.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a right hip disorder, but denied an increased evaluation for the lumbar spine and denied TDIU. The veteran's fibromyalgia claim remains pending.

The veteran is seeking service connection for fibromyalgia, which he claims is secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain. He also seeks an increased evaluation for his lumbosacral strain and TDIU benefits.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder but granted a 60% rating for rheumatoid arthritis, sacroiliac joints and temporomandibular joint with ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis and fibromyalgia.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of rubella, fibromyalgia, discoid lupus, and spondylosis of the cervical and lumbar spine as secondary to rubella due to a lack of medical evidence supporting these claims.

PTSD and fibromyalgia were granted with evaluations, with PTSD receiving a 50% rating from April 26, 1994, and fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue syndrome receiving a 40% evaluation from October 10, 1995.,The veteran's TDIU claim was also granted effective from October 10, 1995.

The veteran's fibromyalgia was incurred during service and the Board granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted a higher schedular rating of 40 percent for service-connected fibromyalgia, effective from November 24, 1998. Service connection for irritable bowel syndrome as a manifestation of fibromyalgia is also granted.

The Board finds that the appellant does not have a current skin disorder of the feet and denies service connection for this condition. For fibromyalgia, the Board notes there is no clear clinical picture as to its etiology and remands the case for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 21, 1998, for the award of service connection for fibromyalgia due to a lack of evidence indicating the presence of the condition at the time of the December 1996 decision.

The Board denied reopening of the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including left shoulder disability, neck injury, kidney/bladder disability, vision problems (undiagnosed), depression (undiagnosed), TMJ (undiagnosed), fibromyalgia (undiagnosed), and gastrointestinal disability (undiagnosed).

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to address the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the nature of his gastrointestinal disorder, fibromyalgia, and left ankle disability.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of his appeals on six issues.

The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected conditions do not warrant an increased rating, as they are currently evaluated at noncompensable levels. The appeal is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and initial disability ratings, finding that there was no evidence of a hearing loss during or subsequent to service. The hiatal hernia did not meet the criteria for an increased rating as it did not cause significant impairment of health. The genital herpes/postoperative laparoscopy, pelvic inflammatory disease were controlled with treatment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's fibromyalgia does not warrant a rating in excess of 40 percent, and his degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine did not meet criteria for a compensable rating from August 1, 1991 to July 15, 1994. Effective July 15, 1994, the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine does not warrant a disability rating in excess of 40 percent.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including fibromyalgia, respiratory problems, chest pain and rapid heartbeat, thickened saliva and frequent colds, skin disorders, memory loss, irritability, lack of concentration, gastritis, duodenitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service or the Persian Gulf War.

The Board has ordered additional development to determine the etiology of the veteran's fibrositis/fibromyalgia and bilateral foot disability, as well as whether these conditions are related to service-connected disabilities. The case is being remanded for further examination and review.