The Board has granted service connection for fibromyalgia, but the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for memory loss, irritability and lack of concentration (claimed as due to undiagnosed illness) is remanded.
The deciding factor: Fibromyalgia was found to be a qualifying chronic disability under the provisions applicable to Persian Gulf War veterans, and thus service connection was granted. The issue of reopening the claim for memory loss, irritability and lack of concentration remains pending as new evidence has not been received.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, memory loss, irritability and lack of concentration
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0619500
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for scarring, right orchiopexy and remanded the claim of asbestos exposure residuals. Other claims for service connection were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia as the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of the condition.
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