The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, polymyositis and rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure, are not service-connected as they were neither initially manifested during service nor proximately caused by her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Neither polymyositis nor rhabdomyolysis was initially manifest until many years after the veteran's period of service and is not otherwise related to her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- polymyositis, rhabdomyolysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0619861
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