The Board granted service connection for inclusion body myositis, resolving doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a link to herbicide agent exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence supports that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's inclusion body myositis is related to exposure to herbicide agents during service.
- Claimed conditions
- inclusion body myositis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24063133
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for inclusion body myositis, finding no evidence that it was related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for inclusion body myositis to correct a duty to assist error related to potential exposure to toxins at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral wrist disability, left ankle disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, bursitis, and inclusion body myositis to correct a duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate VA examination and medical opinion regarding the Veteran's inclusion body myositis, which is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service.
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