The Veteran's appeals for a higher rating for unspecified trauma and stress-related disorder, service connection for PTSD, and sleep disturbance have been withdrawn.,The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for fibromyalgia, which was denied as the evidence did not support that it was related to or aggravated by her service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of her appeals for unspecified trauma and stress-related disorder, PTSD, and sleep disturbance.,The VA examiner found no correlation between the service-connected lumbar spine disability and fibromyalgia. The examiner also ruled out aggravation by the service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stress-related disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disturbance, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21013133
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
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