Granted
The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia, a presumptively related condition to the Veteran's confirmed service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's fibromyalgia is considered a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness and is presumptively related to her service in Iraq and Kuwait.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097959
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