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 assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0605257
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.
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