The Board has determined that the veteran's myofascial pain syndrome is due to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed treatment for myofascial syndrome during service, and current symptoms are interconnected with service-connected back disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- myofascial pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0631782
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of recent VA treatment records and the need for an updated VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's myofascial pain syndrome.
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