The Veteran's fibromyalgia due to an undiagnosed illness is granted service connection. The Veteran's bilateral pes planus prior to February 11, 2014, is granted a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented objective indications of a qualifying chronic disability (fibromyalgia) that became manifest during service in the Southwest Asia theater and was not attributed to any known clinical disease.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18153283
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