The Board has granted a separate extraschedular rating of 80 percent for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with fibromyalgia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms caused marked interference with her employment beyond what is contemplated by the schedular rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's EDS with fibromyalgia caused multiple joint dislocation and over elasticity of joints causing complete dislodging from sockets, which interfered with her employment and was not adequately addressed by existing schedular ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Fibromyalgia, Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23039787
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