The Board has granted service connection for a neuromuscular condition, and secondary service connection for right knee, right ankle, left ankle, low back, and left hip disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's neuromuscular condition is at least as likely as not related to service, and the other disabilities are due to his service-connected neuromuscular condition.
- Claimed conditions
- neuromuscular condition, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21003687
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 100% rating for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with loss of use of both upper extremities and effective dates for SMC based on loss of use of both hands since February 17, 2012.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and restless legs syndrome as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or in-service incurrence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions due to new evidence submitted after the May 24, 2019 Statement of the Case.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, finding that it first manifested during service and is not aggravated by service.
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