The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Graves Disease, spinal stenosis, and a skin condition as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions are the result of a disease or injury during active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Graves Disease, Spinal stenosis, Skin condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0816647
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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