The Veteran has been granted service connection for transverse myelitis. The claim for right and left knee disorders is still pending, with the Board requesting additional medical opinions to determine if these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for transverse myelitis based on a current diagnosis and credible evidence linking it to in-service vaccinations. For the knee disorders, further evaluation is needed to determine their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- transverse myelitis, right and left knee disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1421186
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for transverse myelitis, left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to transverse myelitis, and urinary dysfunction secondary to transverse myelitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for transverse myelitis was dismissed due to a procedural defect.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for transverse myelitis to be readjudicated on the merits. The Veteran's theory of entitlement, which involves treatment for a service-connected left shoulder condition, was not previously adjudicated.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his transverse myelitis with sarcoidosis was related to his military service or a service-connected disability and ultimately resulted in his death. The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
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