Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia and denied service connection for PTSD, while remanding the issue of a cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic joint pain was diagnosed as fibromyalgia and meets the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 U.S.C. § 1117 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, while there is no credible evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic joint pain, diagnosed as fibromyalgia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cervical spine disability, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25014660
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