The Board has determined that the Veteran's relapsing polychondritis is causally related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions, including a VA otolaryngologist's opinion, support the conclusion that the Veteran had relapsing polychondritis during service and it is less likely than not caused by disease or injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- relapsing polychondritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1033645
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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.
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