The Board has granted service connection for myofascial pain syndrome of the left upper extremity, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are as likely as not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a pattern of continuity of symptomatology from prior to discharge to the present time and supported a diagnosis of myofascial pain syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1104694
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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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