The Board granted an effective date of November 16, 2022, for the grant of service connection for fibromyalgia as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The Board found that entitlement to secondary service connection for fibromyalgia was reasonably raised by the record and should have been granted in the October 2023 rating decision, making the effective date the same as the effective date of service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054903
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for scarring, right orchiopexy and remanded the claim of asbestos exposure residuals. Other claims for service connection were denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia and Gulf War unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, bronchus, as well as an extension of the temporary 100 percent disability evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia as the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of the condition.
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