The Board granted service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) after resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in approximate balance, and the Board resolved all doubt in favor of the Veteran based on a December 2024 VA examination opinion that supported the diagnosis of ALS.
- Claimed conditions
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25043495
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
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding medical records and a need for an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed progressive muscular atrophy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of the hands.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the conflicting diagnoses and their etiology.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and arthritis, back condition, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, and right lower extremity. However, it granted service connection for muscle spasms (RLS) as secondary to a service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service injury, event, or disease.
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