The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions are not proximately due to or the result of her service-connected hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a direct link between the Veteran's current diagnosed conditions and her service-connected condition, nor any other incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tendonitis of the bilateral shoulders, Tendonitis of the bilateral hands, Lumbosacral strain syndrome, Predisposition to allergic reactions, cold and influenza, Short-term memory loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1029738
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