Multiple sclerosis Board decisions

The Board has ordered additional action to obtain the veteran's service medical records, specifically his separation examination report and inpatient clinical records from March 1968 to November 1969. The appeal is now remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's multiple sclerosis did not manifest within seven years of his separation from service and is therefore not service-connected.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence and potential impact on other issues. The veteran's multiple sclerosis may be related to service-connected Crohn's disease, and a VA examination is needed to determine this. Additionally, the specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant issue must await further development.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional service and personnel records, as well as a VA neurological examination. The veteran's claim for service connection for multiple sclerosis will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for multiple sclerosis and determined that new evidence supports a finding of current disability related to active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Multiple Sclerosis was not incurred or aggravated during his military service, and denied the claim.

The veteran's widow failed to submit an application for accrued benefits within one year of her husband's death, as required by VA regulations. As a result, the claim is denied.

The veteran's service-connected multiple sclerosis is characterized by neurological impairment of the upper and lower extremities, warranting a 40 percent evaluation. The disability is currently rated as 30 percent due to partial loss of use in both arms, but the current rating has been increased to 40 percent based on additional evidence showing more severe symptoms.

The Board has determined that the veteran's multiple sclerosis is causally related to his active service, granting his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that there is no new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claims of service connection for multiple sclerosis and residuals of a head injury.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple sclerosis, residuals of right knee injury, bronchitis (claimed as a residual of tobacco use), postoperative bilateral inguinal hernias, and lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes.

The Board finds that the veteran's Multiple Sclerosis was manifested to a compensable degree within seven years after his separation from military service, thus triggering the presumptive service connection for such under VA regulations.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for service connection of multiple sclerosis with loss of use of both feet. The Board finds no legal basis to award such a date as the claim was not received within one year of his separation from service.

The Board denied service connection for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as the evidence did not show it was incurred in or aggravated by service, and no presumption of service connection due to herbicide exposure could be applied.

The Board has jurisdiction to review the claims of entitlement to service connection for multiple sclerosis and hepatitis C. The veteran's appeal on these issues is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for prostatitis and multiple sclerosis, but denied increased ratings for the eye and extremity conditions. The veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability is also denied.

The veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and the Board is remanding for further development of medical records.

The Board has granted service connection for Multiple Sclerosis from February 6, 1998 and effective from that date. The veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted in December 1997.

The Board has granted increased evaluations for the veteran's right eye iritis and bilateral eye iritis as a manifestation of multiple sclerosis, both rated at 30 percent. The decision is based on direct service connection.

The veteran's claims of service connection for multiple sclerosis, rectal incontinence, and headaches were denied. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence did not support a finding that these conditions are related to his military service.