The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and an addendum to the November 2002 VA examination. The issues of service connection for fibromyalgia on both direct and secondary bases, as well as consideration of the revised rating criteria for spine disorders, will be re-adjudicated.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and an addendum to the November 2002 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0403498
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia and Gulf War unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, bronchus, as well as an extension of the temporary 100 percent disability evaluation.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and lumbar radicopathy, right side, secondary to the lumbosacral strain.
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