The Board denied service connection for myasthenia gravis, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's active service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there was no evidence to suggest that the Veteran’s myasthenia gravis began in service or was related to other injuries, events, or illnesses during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- myasthenia gravis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073709
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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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: 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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