A condition where the immune system attacks the connection between nerves and muscles, causing muscle weakness and fatigue.
Because the minimum 30% rating requires ascertainable residuals, medical records that document the ongoing effects of myasthenia gravis are central. Objective findings from neurological or other clinical examinations — such as muscle weakness, fatigability on testing, or bulbar symptoms — help establish that residuals are present and measurable. If residuals affect cognition, communication, orientation, or motor activity, testing results that show the degree of impairment at those functions are relevant, since ratings above the minimum are tied to those specific findings.
For subjective residuals like fatigue, dizziness, or headaches, your treating provider's records are valuable when they connect those symptoms to myasthenia gravis and rule out other causes. Statements from you or people who know you describing how symptoms affect your ability to work, maintain relationships, or carry out daily activities can also support the record, particularly when they are consistent with what the diagnosis would produce.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
