The Board granted service connection for fatigue secondary to service-connected fibromyalgia and remanded the claims for skin ulcerations of the lower extremities, scars, and chronic nephritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise on the question of whether the Veteran has chronic symptoms of fatigue secondary to service-connected fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue secondary to service-connected fibromyalgia, skin ulcerations of the lower extremities, scars of the lower extremities, chronic nephritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24066295
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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