The Board finds that further development is necessary to decide if the veteran's current thoracic myelopathy with spastic paraplegia is related to service or a service-connected condition (to include dorsal myositis).
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to determine the relationship between the veteran's current disability and his service or any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic myelopathy, spastic paraplegia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0525534
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The appellant withdrew her appeal, and the Board dismissed it.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including peripheral neuropathy and hypertension, all related to herbicide exposure during service. The issues are being returned for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to her service-connected thoracic myelopathy and autonomic dysfunction disabilities. The Veteran is required to undergo new VA examinations, obtain all outstanding VA treatment records, and complete a VA Form 21-8940.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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