The Board has granted service connection for fibromyalgia with fatigue as a presumptive disability due to service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. Service connection for a left shoulder disability was denied.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner concluded that the current left shoulder tendinitis is not related to service and attributed the veteran's chronic fatigue to fibromyalgia, which is presumed due to service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Disability, Fibromyalgia with Fatigue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0600671
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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