The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for fibromyalgia and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome due to insufficient evidence in the record.,An effective date prior to September 30, 2017, is denied as there was no valid claim received by VA prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant did not submit a valid claim for service connection for fibromyalgia or left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome prior to September 30, 2017. The secondary service connection opinions requested by VA were not obtained and are needed to determine if these conditions are related to other service-connected disabilities.,The Board also found that the existing service connection determinations for fibromyalgia and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome are inadequate as they did not address direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, migraine headaches, lumbosacral strain, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome (claimed as knee pain)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23065469
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