Service connection for fibromyositis of the lumbosacral spine was restored, and the issues of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, gastritis, and esophagitis are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were reopened due to new evidence, but further examination is needed to determine the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Fibromyositis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21070880
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