The Board has determined that the severance of service connection for multiple sclerosis was improper.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the award of service connection for multiple sclerosis, to include residuals, was clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Neurogenic Urinary Bladder, Visual Impairment, Major Depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0323279
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