The Board has granted service connection for myasthenia gravis, finding that the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam is presumed and linked to his current condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found a strong relationship between Agent Orange exposure and autoimmune disease, including myasthenia gravis, and concluded that the Veteran's diagnosis of myasthenia gravis is more likely than not caused by his exposure to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- myasthenia gravis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20013838
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Servicemember's cause of death, including ALS, myasthenia gravis, and metastatic prostate cancer, as they were not incurred during or related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for myasthenia gravis due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding its etiology. The Veteran's MOS as an engineman may have exposed him to various toxic exposures, and a new medical opinion is needed to determine if these exposures are related to his condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's myasthenia gravis is related to service, and thus remands the case for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for myasthenia gravis should be remanded due to a pre-decisional error in failing to provide an examination under the PACT Act.
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