The Board granted service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) based on the evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in at least approximate balance as to whether CIDP is related to service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25048261
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (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.
- Granted
The Veteran's CIDP is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure in the Gulf War theater of operations.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a neurological disability, to include peripheral neuropathy and/or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), due to in-service Agent Orange exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for anemia was denied. The claims for prostate cancer, proctitis, penile implant, CIDP, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and prurigo nodularis were remanded.
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