Multiple sclerosis decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for multiple sclerosis, finding that the condition initially manifested within seven years of discharge from active service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and multiple sclerosis (MS) based on the Veteran's in-service environmental exposures.

The Board granted an effective date of April 26, 2018, for the award of service connection for multiple sclerosis and associated conditions, chronic migraine headaches, and trigeminal neuralgia.

The Veteran is granted SMC benefits based on the loss of use of both feet and hands, as well as other conditions entitling him to additional SMC.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the rate specified in 38 U.S.C. � 1114(l) and (o) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issues related to the reduction and discontinuance of multiple ratings associated with the Veteran's service-connected multiple sclerosis, as well as ancillary SMC benefits, due to a procedural error in satisfying regulatory duties.

The Board granted service connection for multiple sclerosis, finding that the evidence is in equipoise and at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service.

The appeal for service connection for multiple sclerosis has been dismissed as the benefit sought on appeal has been granted in full.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for migraines and denied an earlier effective date than April 27, 2023, for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) and related conditions as they are inextricably intertwined with the claim for PPMS.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis, increased ratings for multiple sclerosis and GERD, and an increased rating for a left ankle disability to obtain additional VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for lumbar spine and multiple sclerosis disabilities due to his failure to appear for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia, narcolepsy, multiple sclerosis, constipation, thoracolumbar myofascial trigger points, GERD, and blurred vision and diplopia were dismissed. The appeal for hypertension was readjudicated based on new evidence.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination, as well as readjudication.