The Board granted service connection for myofascial pain syndrome, finding it to be caused by the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's myofascial pain syndrome was directly related to her service-connected thoracic spine strain with radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- myofascial pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24032406
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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