Service connection for polyarthralgia is granted.,A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted as of March 24, 2017. The issue of a TDIU prior to this date is remanded.
The deciding factor: The competent and probative evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether current polyarthralgia had its onset during or is otherwise related to the Veteran’s period of active service.,The criteria for a TDIU as of March 24, 2017, are met.
- Claimed conditions
- polyarthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21012918
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was denied as there is no persuasive evidence of a current diagnosis.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for polyarthralgia (previously rated as generalized joint pain) was also denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of right knee strain, lower extremity radiculopathies, and DEA benefits, but denied earlier effective dates for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found errors in the duty to assist and remands both issues for further development. The Veteran's polyarthralgia is currently rated at 10 percent, but a new examination is needed to assess its severity. For his secondary service connection claim for hypothyroidism, a new VA medical opinion is required to address whether it was proximately due or caused by the service-connected polyarthralgia.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as the July 5, 2019, VA Form 9 was not timely filed. The claims for service connection were decided on the merits and found to be denied.
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