The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, back disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right leg disorder, and left leg disorder. The Veteran's conditions were not found to be related to her service or secondary to her service-connected pes planus.,Service connection was denied for each of the Veteran’s claimed disabilities as they are not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that the Veteran's fibromyalgia, hip disorders, ankle disorders, and leg disorders did not begin during service or be related to her service-connected pes planus. The Board agreed with these determinations based on the lack of continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, back disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right leg disorder, left leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1629356
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