The Board has denied service connection for fibromyalgia, right shoulder and arm disability, left shoulder and arm disability, neck disability, low back disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right hand disability, and left hand disability. The Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent prior to July 2014 and 40 percent thereafter for left ankle disability and service connection for psychiatric disorder are remanded.,The Board has denied service connection for fibromyalgia, right shoulder and arm disability, left shoulder and arm disability, neck disability, low back disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right hand disability, and left hand disability. The Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent prior to July 2014 and 40 percent thereafter for left ankle disability and service connection for psychiatric disorder are remanded.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran has current disabilities related to his active service, including fibromyalgia, right shoulder and arm disability, left shoulder and arm disability, neck disability, low back disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right hand disability, and left hand disability.,The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran has current disabilities related to his active service, including fibromyalgia, right shoulder and arm disability, left shoulder and arm disability, neck disability, low back disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right hand disability, and left hand disability.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100566
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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