The Board has determined that the veteran's Multiple Sclerosis is likely to have manifested before April 1986, within the seven-year presumptive period for service-connected conditions. Therefore, the claim of service connection for Multiple Sclerosis is granted.
The deciding factor: A VA expert opinion concluded that the veteran's symptoms in 1984, which could have had a neurological basis, were likely to indicate early multiple sclerosis, warranting granting service connection based on presumptive exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610051
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple sclerosis, finding that it manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more within seven years of the Veteran's separation from service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for multiple sclerosis and remanded the claims for increased ratings due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal to obtain a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's death was due to multiple sclerosis, which may have been caused by in-service herbicide exposure.
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