The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected myositis of the erector spinae due to insufficient medical evidence and the veteran's failure to comply with VA's efforts to have him reexamined.
The deciding factor: VA failed to obtain sufficient medical evidence regarding the current severity of the veteran's service-connected myositis, including whether it is related to or associated with other conditions such as degenerative osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, and scoliosis.
- Claimed conditions
- myositis, degenerative osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0119257
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What this means for you
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