The Veteran's service-connected Multiple Sclerosis resulted in a compensable rating and effective date of January 20, 2017. The awards for voiding dysfunction, swallowing difficulties, and impairment of sphincter control are also effective from that date.
The deciding factor: The effective date is based on the earliest receipt of claim for service connection for Multiple Sclerosis, which was received in January 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Swallowing difficulties, Impairment of sphincter control, Voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24083344
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the establishment of service connection for left and right lower extremity PAD, residuals of a spinal cord infarction, bowel disorder, and voiding dysfunction.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple sclerosis, finding that it manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more within seven years of the Veteran's separation from service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain an adequate medical examination to evaluate the extent of the Veteran's voiding dysfunction.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 15, 2016 for service connection for multiple sclerosis and related conditions but denied earlier effective dates for chronic constipation and swallowing difficulties.
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