The Board granted service connection for chronic urticaria and denied service connection for a cervical spine disorder other than myositis. The claims for myositis of the muscles of the cervical spine and lumbar spine were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's chronic urticaria and his military service, but not for the cervical spine disorder or the myositis conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disorder other than myositis, chronic urticaria, myositis of the muscles of the cervical spine, myositis of the muscles of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25008591
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 709 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin disability, including chronic urticaria, is granted as of July 28, 2020. The Board finds the evidence at least evenly balanced in favor of the Veteran and grants service connection for her skin disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin conditions and headaches are being remanded for further evaluation due to incomplete medical opinions regarding the relationship between his current symptoms and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically failing to provide a VA examination regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected chronic urticaria caused or aggravated his sleep apnea. The AOJ is required to obtain an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate rationale in the VA examiner's opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cervical myositis condition.
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