The veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia was denied. The RO continued his noncompensable rating for IBS and granted a 30 percent rating for IBS effective April 27, 2000. The RO also continued the veteran's 10 percent rating for low back disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish service connection for fibromyalgia and the VA continued the noncompensable rating for IBS.
- Claimed conditions
- erythema multiforme
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0710688
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's erythema multiforme prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin disabilities are associated with gas chamber training during service. The Board has ordered a VA examination to determine the presence and relation of these disabilities to his service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of a November 1969 rating decision that assigned a noncompensable rating for erythema multiforme, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the original determination.
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