The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his multiple sclerosis. The other secondary service connection claims are also remanded.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine if the Veteran’s multiple sclerosis is related to his service or if he manifested symptoms within seven years of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia, multiple sclerosis, intermittent blindness (secondary to multiple sclerosis), bowel incontinence (secondary to multiple sclerosis), bladder disorder (secondary to multiple sclerosis), depression (secondary to multiple sclerosis), diverticulitis (secondary to multiple sclerosis), lower limb burns (secondary to multiple sclerosis), hypertension (secondary to multiple sclerosis), acute venous embolism and thrombosis of the bilateral upper extremities (secondary to multiple sclerosis), tinea unguium (secondary to multiple sclerosis), pressure ulcers (secondary to multiple sclerosis), speech problems (secondary to multiple sclerosis), left metatarsal fracture (secondary to multiple sclerosis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19123030
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What this means for you
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