The veteran's Graves disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, headaches, sleep disturbance, and seborrhea were not found to be service-connected due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran's Graves disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, headaches, sleep disturbance, or seborrhea were incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Grave's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Sjogren's disease or syndrome, lupus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0612504
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