The veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of his lower extremities due to service-connected demyelinating disease and somatoform disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the etiology of the veteran's loss of use of his legs was psychiatric, specifically a service-connected somatoform disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- demyelinating disease, somatoform disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0605257
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Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for the AOJ to adjudicate her claims of CUE regarding the May 2013 and August 2014 rating decisions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and treatment records consideration, requiring further examinations and opinions to determine service connection for psychiatric disorders.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the VA examination insufficient and requires a new one to determine if the Veteran's demyelinating disease is related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Behcet's meningoencephalitis with sleep disorder manifested by excessive sleep and demyelinating disease.
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