The Board has granted service connection for POTS, but the issues of bilateral knee disability, all-joint degenerative condition, migraines, fibromyalgia, muscle degenerative condition, chronic nerve pain, and eating disorder are remanded due to lack of clarity in the diagnoses.
The deciding factor: The diagnoses of migraines, fibromyalgia, and chronic nerve pain may be related to POTS or separate disabilities. The issues need further clarification before a determination can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, dizziness, syncopal episodes, generalized pain (autonomic dysfunction), hyper adrenergic postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147497
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and increased ratings for left shoulder rotator cuff tear, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, hypertension, and left and right leg restless leg syndrome. The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased initial disability evaluation of headaches due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine disabilities, radiculopathies, a bladder disability, headaches, a left knee disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral conjunctivitis. The Board also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The appeals for restoration of ratings and for a higher disability rating were dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision did not make final decisions on these issues.
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