The Board granted service connection and a 30 percent rating for PTSD, and granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. The claims for memory loss and gastrointestinal disorder were remanded.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records showed the Veteran had back strain during his first period of service in 1976, which may have contributed to his current lumbar spine disability. His diagnoses of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are also supported by post-service medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19112059
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What this means for you
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