The Veteran's joint pain, muscle pain, and sleep disturbance are attributed to fibromyalgia. Her headaches are diagnosed as tension headaches and not due to an undiagnosed illness. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is not service-connected.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the appellant's headaches attributable to a known diagnosis of tension headaches rather than an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain, muscle pain, and sleep disturbance, undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches, undiagnosed illness manifested by gastrointestinal symptomatology and gastroesophageal reflux disease, undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1228482
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a qualifying chronic disability, to include an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain or fatigue, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals of a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeals prior to the Board's decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue and fibromyalgia. The appeal for a compensable evaluation for migraine headaches is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further development, including additional VA examinations.
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