The Board found no evidence of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness, and denied service connection for multiple joint problems/pain, cervical spine pain, and lumbar spine pain.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints were attributed to known clinical diagnoses and not related to disease, injury or event in service. The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that he has fibromyalgia or any other chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple joint problems/pain (including as due to undiagnosed illness), Cervical spine pain, Lumbar spine pain
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0806173
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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