The Veteran's hypermobility syndrome, a congenital condition that has progressed over time and is aggravated by service-related mechanical strains, meets the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The hypermobility syndrome was found to be aggravated by service-related mechanical strains resulting in shoulder, ankle, and wrist strains which have already been service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- hypermobility syndrome, migratory joint pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1705687
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now pending before the Board. The VA will provide further examinations to determine if he has current diagnoses of these conditions, which may be related to his active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA opinions regarding the Veteran's hypermobility syndrome and its relationship to service-connected chronic pelvic pain with dyspareunia. The Veteran is seeking service connection for her claimed sacroiliitis, which she contends was aggravated by her service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations. The issues include PTSD, bilateral pes planus, sleep apnea, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, TBI, seizure disability secondary to TBI, vertigo secondary to TBI, Dercum’s disease, wrist carpal tunnel syndromes, hypermobility syndrome, testicular/inguinal hernia, respiratory disability, mast cell disorder, hemolytic anemia, and TMJ.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's fibromyalgia is granted as secondary to her service-connected PTSD with depression and insomnia. The Veteran's hypermobility syndrome, previously considered sacroiliitis, is remanded for further examination.
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