The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a current diagnosis of Graves' disease or a back disorder, and there is no evidence to support service connection for these conditions. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish current diagnoses of Graves' disease or a back disorder, and the Board finds that any claimed in-service injuries do not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of continuity of symptoms post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Graves' disease, Back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1027563
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