The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and coronary artery disease, as new and material evidence has been submitted. The Board finds that there is a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims based on the relationship between the service-connected PTSD and the current conditions.
The deciding factor: The January 2001 VA examination report indicates that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD likely caused or aggravated his fibromyalgia and coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002292
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