The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for demyelinating disease with incoordination of the lower extremities and paresis of the extraocular muscles, currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The objective and probative medical evidence did not meet the schedular criteria for a higher evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- demyelinating disease, polyarthralgias
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0711535
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection for demyelinating disease has been dismissed because the claim was resolved in your favor by a previous rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for demyelinating disease, vision disorder, renal disorder, and herpes zoster due to inadequate opinions and new evidence.
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