The Board finds that the veteran's claimed salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and psychiatric disorder were not shown in service or for years thereafter, and that probative evidence of record indicates that these disabilities are not related to or aggravated by his active service, any incident therein, or any service-connected disability. Thus, the Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claims of service connection for salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and a psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The record lacks competent and probative evidence of current diagnoses for the claimed conditions (salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and psychiatric disorder) and does not support a finding that these conditions are related to or aggravated by his active service, any incident therein, or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Salivary gland disorder","diagnosis_date":null,"disposition":"Not well grounded"}, {"condition_name":"Sjogren's syndrome","diagnosis_date":null,"disposition":"Not well grounded"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric disorder","diagnosis_date":null,"disposition":"Not well grounded"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624282
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What this means for you
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