The Board denied an earlier effective date and a higher rating for irritable bowel syndrome, remanded claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and referred the claim of entitlement to service connection for an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness due to service in Southwest Asia.

The deciding factor: The decision was based on the statutory requirement that the effective date cannot be earlier than the date of receipt of the application, and the highest schedular rating for irritable bowel syndrome is 30 percent.

Claimed conditions

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 11, 2025

Citation

25002055

Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine