The Board granted the appeal to restore service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, finding that the severance of service connection was improper.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service symptoms were found competent and credible by the examiner, and there was no clear and unmistakable error in the original grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054783
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II, heart disease, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as the Veteran did not respond to a clarification request.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a supplemental medical opinion regarding his claimed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, as there are inconsistencies and gaps in the evidence that need clarification.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the case needs further examination and medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's current left lower extremity neurological disorder, including peripheral neuropathy, is related to his service, particularly his presumed exposure to Agent Orange. The appeal will be remanded for this purpose.
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