The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability (DJD) but denied service connection for fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's fibromyalgia was not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and provided more probative weight to this opinion than the Veteran's assertions and those of his chiropractor.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, low back disability (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19121782
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What this means for you
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