The Veteran's service-connected lumbar fibromyositis with IVDS is granted a 60 percent rating effective November 13, 2015. The remaining claims of entitlement to service connection for various conditions are remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran had IVDS with episodes of bed rest having a total duration of at least two weeks but less than four weeks during the past 12 months.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, seborrheic and eczematous dermatitis, lumbar fibromyositis with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, bilateral shoulder disability, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- A21016666
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