The Board has granted service connection for systemic lupus and secondary service connection for membranous glomerulopathy as a result of the veteran's service-connected systemic lupus.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran currently had both systemic lupus and membranous glomerulopathy, with the latter being caused by her service-connected systemic lupus.
- Claimed conditions
- systemic lupus, membranous glomerulopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0804525
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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