The Board has determined that the veteran's fibromyalgia is proximately due to or the result of her service-connected lumbosacral strain and TMJ. The cervical spine disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may arthritis be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's fibromyalgia is secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain and TMJ, while her cervical spine disability does not meet the criteria for service connection as it was not shown during service or within the presumptive period.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0030114
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