The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions of Reiter's Syndrome, Sjogren's Syndrome, and Grave's Disease did not become manifest in service or for many years thereafter and are not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a manifestation of the claimed disabilities during service or within one year post-service. The Veteran has provided conflicting statements regarding his symptoms and their onset, which makes it difficult to establish a clear connection between service and these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Reiter's Syndrome, Sjogren's Syndrome, Grave's Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0917268
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