The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings for fibromyalgia and to reopen her claim of service connection for a back disability. The neck disability claim is pending as it will be addressed in a later decision.
The deciding factor: The new evidence received since the January 1978 denial provided sufficient information to support the veteran's claim that her current condition, including osteoarthritis of the lower back, was related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, back disability, neck disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0212035
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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