The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for myositis effective October 20, 2015. The Veteran's condition was previously rated at 10 percent prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The VA examination conducted on August 12, 2019, provided evidence of muscle spasms severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or spinal contour, which warranted a 20 percent disability rating under the General Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine (General Formula).
- Claimed conditions
- myositis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183089
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for myositis, and it has been dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for myositis, finding no nexus between the condition and either active duty or a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions, specifically Sjogren’s syndrome and an undifferentiated connective tissue disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, but the Board is remanding several issues including service connection for various back disabilities and peripheral neuropathy.
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