The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection of Graves' disease, as claimed to be related to exposure to ionizing radiation during his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence attributing the veteran's Graves' disease to service or to exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- Graves' disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631382
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