The Veteran's service-connected monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is granted permanent and total status, currently rated as 100 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the disability is permanent in nature, totally incapacitating, and with remote possibility of improvement under treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056555
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 remands the claim for a further VA medical opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, specifically regarding direct service connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, prostate cancer, hypertension, a cardiac disability, pubis scar as secondary to prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction as secondary to prostate cancer, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied, as were the claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical examination to determine if the Veteran's current neck strain is related to his in-service activities.
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