The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected fibromyositis with a history of rheumatic fever, finding that the evidence did not show an exceptional or unusual disability picture warranting extraschedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities was revised in 1996 and the veteran's condition is rated under Diagnostic Codes 6309-5025 as 40 percent disabling, which is already at its maximum level of evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyositis, rheumatic fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0208171
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