The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have fibrositis or any residual disability resulting from fibrositis and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not confirm the initial diagnosis of fibrositis, and subsequent VA examinations found no signs or symptoms consistent with this condition. The preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrositis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0216270
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia is remanded due to the need for a new examination to determine if her current diagnosis of fibromyalgia had its onset during service and/or is related to an in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for fibrositis, finding that there was no current diagnosis of fibrositis related to service and that the preponderance of evidence did not support a link between the condition and military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for fibromyalgia were denied. The Board found that the March 1991 denial of service connection was not based on CUE, as there was no diagnosis of fibrositis or fibromyalgia in his service records or VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected fibrositis contributed to his death, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
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