The Board has granted service connection for post-polio syndrome, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing polio was aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether post-polio syndrome was the result of aggravation of the Veteran’s pre-service polio due to physical requirements during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-polio syndrome, Polio
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20010164
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are inextricably intertwined due to her service-connected post-polio syndrome. The claims must be remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of her disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's preexisting polio condition did not undergo an increase in severity during service, and therefore, service connection for the effects of polio is denied.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the diagnostic criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD, and therefore, service connection for this condition cannot be established.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of post-polio syndrome in service or subsequent to service, and concluded that the Veteran's current symptoms are not related to his period of active military service.
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