The Board granted service connection for back injury and syrinx/hydromyelia, reopened the claims based on new evidence, and denied increased ratings for fibromyalgia, blepharospasm, small fiber neuropathy with autonomic dysfunction, and cervical spondylosis.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record did not support a higher rating for the Veteran's service-connected conditions, but it was sufficient to reopen claims for back injury and syrinx/hydromyelia based on new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury (claimed as lower back), syrinx/hydromyelia, fibromyalgia (claimed as undiagnosed illness-chronic joint pain), blepharospasm, left eye (claimed as trigeminal neuralgia in my face), blepharospasm, right eye (claimed as trigeminal neuralgia in my face), small fiber neuropathy with autonomic dysfunction, left lower extremity, neuritis of the left lower extremity, small fiber neuropathy with autonomic dysfunction, right lower extremity, neuritis of the right lower extremity, small fiber neuropathy with autonomic dysfunction, left upper extremity (claimed as undiagnosed illness-chronic joint pain), neuralgia of the left upper extremity, small fiber neuropathy with autonomic dysfunction, right upper extremity, neuralgia of the right upper extremity, cervical spondylosis, status post cervical spine strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25012846
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Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 44% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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