The Veteran's fibromyalgia was found to be incurred in active service in Southwest Asia. The symptoms of fatigue, dizziness, memory loss, and loss of concentration are already associated with his service-connected PTSD and not secondary to undiagnosed illness or otherwise incurred during active service.
The deciding factor: Fibromyalgia was diagnosed as a medically unexplained multisymptom illness resulting from injury sustained in service. The Veteran's symptoms of fatigue, dizziness, memory loss, and concentration problems are already considered by the rating for his PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1017837
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