The Board has granted service connection for muscle pain, claimed as fibromyalgia, and denied service connection for a skin disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's complaints of chronic muscle pain are considered to be attributable to an undiagnosed illness associated with service in Southwest Asia, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Pain (claimed as Fibromyalgia), Skin Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20045100
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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