The Veteran's claim for service connection for ALS was denied by the Board, and an effective date of September 27, 2010 is assigned for the grant of service connection for the cause of his death due to ALS.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was granted based on a reopened claim filed more than one year after the liberalizing law establishing presumptive service connection for ALS took effect, and an effective date is awarded one year prior to the date of receipt of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1451069
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PLS, a variant of ALS, is granted as service connected. The Board found sufficient evidence to presume that PLS developed due to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of permanent and total disability, loss of use of extremities, or other qualifying conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's ALS was granted service connection throughout the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for ALS was denied as the earliest possible effective date is July 1, 2024.
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