The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, which they determined constituted an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's neurologic disability constitutes an undiagnosed illness and/or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, which may be presumed to have been incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0207496
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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