The Board denied service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus and an earlier effective date for the PTSD rating. The veteran's claims were based on reopened evidence, but there was no objective medical evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus.
The deciding factor: There is no competent or objective medical evidence to support a current diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Claimed conditions
- Fibromyalgia, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0301112
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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