The Board has granted service connection for arthralgias of the hands due to an undiagnosed illness and denied the other claims. The veteran's claim for fibromyalgia was reopened, but she is not entitled to a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The RO found that new evidence had been submitted sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for fibromyalgia, including based on an undiagnosed illness. However, the veteran's other claims were denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the prior denial of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, arthralgias of the hands, loss of the sense of smell, pharyngitis and laryngitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0325905
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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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