The veteran's postoperative residuals of hypermotility of the bilateral temporal mandibular joints are currently rated as 20 percent disabling. The Board finds service connection for fibromyalgia/myofascial pain syndrome secondary to his service-connected disability is warranted. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis of the knees were not shown in active service or within a year thereafter, and are not currently shown.
The deciding factor: The veteran's postoperative residuals of hypermotility of the bilateral temporal mandibular joints have been found to be manifested by painful limitation of inter-incisal motion. The Board finds that his fibromyalgia/myofascial pain syndrome is proximately due to or the result of service-connected postoperative residuals of hypermotility of the bilateral temporomandibular joints.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the knees, Postoperative residuals of hypermotility of the bilateral temporal mandibular joints, Rheumatoid arthritis of the knees
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0308130
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