The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and assigned a 40% evaluation, effective from August 21, 1996. The claim was reopened on new evidence received in August 1997.
The deciding factor: The veteran's application to reopen his claim for residuals of rheumatic fever was received within one year after the denial of service connection for rheumatoid arthritis, and he submitted a claim for fibromyalgia less than one year later. The effective date is set at August 21, 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0212673
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