The Veteran's fibromyalgia is granted service connection due to her active duty in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Gulf War. The other conditions are also granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has submitted consistent lay statements indicating widespread pain since her deployment, which aligns with the symptoms of fibromyalgia and supports a grant of service connection for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- gynecological disorder resulting in hysterectomy, fibromyalgia, degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the back, bilateral foot disabilities diagnosed as Morton’s neuroma, hallux valgus, and bilateral bunions, status post bunionectomy, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143185
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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