The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for Multiple Sclerosis was not granted, as there is no objective evidence showing MS in service or within the presumptive period following discharge. The symptoms suggestive of MS are not indicated until 1998, many years after separation from service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it was less likely than not that MS first manifested in 1978, and there is no objective evidence showing such disability in service or within the presumptive period following discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1047749
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Multiple Sclerosis, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
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