The Board has granted service connection for lupus erythematosus with low back and leg pain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms during service represent the onset of this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence confirms several clinical features of systemic lupus prior to 1997, including musculoskeletal pain, exercise intolerance, pelvic pain, irritable bowel symptoms, and recurrent episodes of pleuritic chest pain. The Board concluded that the Veteran's lupus erythematosus had its clinical onset during active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- lupus erythematosus, low back and leg pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0923252
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for lupus erythematosus due to incomplete opinions and need for additional development.
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