The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection, initial evaluation, and TDIU due to his fibromyalgia and mixed connective tissue disease. The claims are being remanded for additional development including obtaining medical records, providing an addendum opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s mixed connective tissue disease, and determining the severity of his service-connected fibromyalgia prior to April 11, 2012.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional development including obtaining medical records, providing an addendum opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s mixed connective tissue disease, and determining the severity of his service-connected fibromyalgia prior to April 11, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, mixed connective tissue disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066617
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia and Gulf War unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, bronchus, as well as an extension of the temporary 100 percent disability evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia as the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of the condition.
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